Calibration of the radio frequency field for magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 229-236

  Foxall, David L ^a,b   Hoppel, Bernice E ^a   Hariharan, Hari ^a  

^a Elscint MR Inc   (United States)

^b Eiscint MR Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

calibration; magnetic resonance imaging; pulse sequence; RF field

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

DATA COLLECTION; DIRECT CALIBRATION; PATIENT MOTIONS; PULSE SEQUENCE; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; RECTANGULAR PULSE; RF FIELDS; SELECTIVE PULSE;

CALIBRATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 0030066913     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350215     Document Type: Article

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