Signal intensities and T1 calculations in multiple-echo sequences with imperfect pulses

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-49

  Kingsley, Peter B ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast optimization; Ernst angle; Inversion recovery; Magnetic resonance imaging; Point resolved spectroscopy; Progressive saturation; Saturation recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005852122     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0534(1999)11:1<29::aid-cmr2>3.0.co;2-m     Document Type: Article

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