Fast Open-Source Toolkit for Water T2 Mapping in the Presence of Fat From Multi-Echo Spin-Echo Acquisitions for Muscle MRI

Fast Open-Source Toolkit for Water T2 Mapping in the Presence of Fat From Multi-Echo Spin-Echo Acquisitions for Muscle MRI

Imaging has become a valuable tool in the assessment of neuromuscular diseases, and, specifically, quantitative MR imaging provides robust biomarkers for the monitoring of disease progression. Quantitative evaluation of fat infiltration and quantification of the T2 values of the muscular tissue'...

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Main Authors: Francesco Santini, Xeni Deligianni, Matteo Paoletti, Francesca Solazzo, Matthias Weigel, Paulo Loureiro de Sousa, Oliver Bieri, Mauro Monforte, Enzo Ricci, Giorgio Tasca, Anna Pichiecchio, Niels Bergsland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
MRI
neuromuscular diseases
relaxometry
free open source software
water T2 relaxation time
fat water imaging
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2021.630387/full

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