Dynamic shim updating: A new approach towards optimized whole brain shimming

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 159-165

  Blamire, Andrew M ^a,c   Rothman, Douglas L ^b   Nixon, Terry ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cerebellum; cerebrum; homogeneity; real time; shimming

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CEREBELLUM; CEREBRUM; HOMOGENEITY; REAL TIME; SHIMMING;

SHIMS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030013913     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910360125     Document Type: Article

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