In vivo rapid magnetic field measurement and shimming using single scan differential phase mapping

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 637-642

  Kanayama, Shoichi ^a   Kuhara, Shigehide ^a   Satoh, Kozo ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

automatic shimming; echo planar imaging; magnetic field measurement; phase mapping

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAPPING;

AUTOMATIC SHIMMING; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FIELD INHOMOGENEITY; GRADIENT RECALLED ECHOS; MAGNETIC FIELD DISTORTION; PHASE MAPPINGS;

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM;

EID: 0029770663     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910360421     Document Type: Article

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