Imaging of the active B1 field in vivo

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 245-251

  Stollberger, Rudolf ^a,c   Wach, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Lkh Graz Universitatskliniken   (Austria)

Author keywords

B1 mapping; In vivo B1 distribution; RF field

Indexed keywords

B1 MAPPING; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; RF FIELDS; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; SLICE-SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LIMB; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SWINE; ACCURACY; CALCULATION; IMAGING; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SWINE;

EID: 0029664366     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350217     Document Type: Article

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