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... agents , like all commonly employed radiographic contrast agents , utilize substances with a high electron density to absorb x - rays and thus produce a " contrast " effect . These are typically iodinated agents and are given in a ...
... agents , like all commonly employed radiographic contrast agents , utilize substances with a high electron density to absorb x - rays and thus produce a " contrast " effect . These are typically iodinated agents and are given in a ...
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... agents . A distinctive feature of MRI is the soft tissue contrast that can be produced through alterations to sequence timing parameters . X - ray CT has long used intraveneous contrast agents in order to increase its limited soft ...
... agents . A distinctive feature of MRI is the soft tissue contrast that can be produced through alterations to sequence timing parameters . X - ray CT has long used intraveneous contrast agents in order to increase its limited soft ...
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... agents " and in the latter , " relaxation agents . " In MRI , paramagnetic compounds are typically used as image " contrast agents " that , for routine clinical work , rely on their capacities as relaxation agents . " These paramagnetic ...
... agents " and in the latter , " relaxation agents . " In MRI , paramagnetic compounds are typically used as image " contrast agents " that , for routine clinical work , rely on their capacities as relaxation agents . " These paramagnetic ...
Contents
Introduction to Brain Imaging | 1 |
Computerized Axial Tomography | 97 |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging | 145 |
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Functional Brain Imaging William W. Orrison,Jeffrey Lewine,John Sanders,Michael F. Hartshorne Limited preview - 2017 |
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