On the stationary states in gradient echo imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 384-398

  Sobol, Wlad T ^a,c   Gauntt, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Lunar Radiation Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fast imaging techniques; Gradient spoiling; RF spoiling; Stationary states of magnetization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARTIFACTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030090158     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880060220     Document Type: Article

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