An Introduction to NMR Imaging: From the Bloch Equation to the Imaging Equation

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 338-350

  Hinshaw, Waldo S ^a   Lent, Arnold H ^a  

^a Technicare Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCH EQUATION; GRADIENT FIELD; IMAGING EQUATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE (NMR);

MAGNETIC RESONANCE - MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; THERAPY;

EID: 0020718567     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: 15582256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/PROC.1983.12592     Document Type: Article

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