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Proton density [N(H), rho, q] is, after longitudinal and transverse relaxation times, the third major intrinsic parameter contributing to signal intensity, although it is often dismissed by radiologists when dealing with image contrast or tissue characteristics. In order to improve specificity based on T1 and T2 determinations, some groups have precisely calculated relative spin density by applying highly sophisticated interlaced sequences on a pixel-to-pixel basis. The clinical gains, however, have so far been marginal (Higer and Bielke 1986; Pfannenstiel et al. 1987; Geis et al. 1989; Just and Thelen 1988).
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Stolle, E., Sundermeyer, R., Kühnert, A. (1990). Experimental Approach to Rho-Related Contrast in Clinical MRI. In: Higer, H.P., Bielke, G. (eds) Tissue Characterization in MR Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74993-3_18
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