Finite-Difference Approach for the High-Precision Analysis of Rotating-Frame Diffusion Images

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 276-290

  Woelk, Klaus ^a   Zwank, Bernd L J ^a   Trautner, Peter ^a   Lehnhof, Edmund ^a   Bargon, Joachim ^a   Klingler, Robert J ^b   Gerald II, Rex E ^b   Rathke, Jerome W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Finite difference; Magnetization grating; NMR microscopy; Rotating frame imaging; Toroid cavity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000434733     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.2000.2106     Document Type: Article

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