Spoiling of transverse magnetization in gradient-echo (GRE) imaging during the approach to steady state

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-245

  Epstein, Frederick H ^a,b   Mugler III, John P ^a   Brookeman, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

computer simulations; pulse sequences; rapid imaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

GRADIENT ECHO IMAGING; IMAGE APPEARANCE; IMAGING CONDITIONS; PULSE SEQUENCE; RAPID IMAGING; SIGNAL EVOLUTION; SPATIAL POSITIONS; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIZATION;

MAGNETIZATION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGING; PHANTOM; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0030046101     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350216     Document Type: Article

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