Fast interleaved echo-planar imaging with navigator: High resolution anatomic and functional images at 4 tesla

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 895-902

  Kim, Seong Gi ^a   Hu, Xiaoping ^a   Adriany, Gregor ^a   Uǧurbil, Kâmil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo planar imaging; functional MRI; high resolution imaging; navigator

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNETISM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MRI; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGING; MAGNETIC FIELD INHOMOGENEITIES; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; NAVIGATOR; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; SUSCEPTIBILITY DIFFERENCES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0029954899     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350618     Document Type: Article

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