Direct visualisation of B1 inhomogeneity by flip angle dependency

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 497-504

  Zelaya, Fernando O ^a   Roffmann, Wolfgang U ^a   Crozier, Stuart ^a   Teed, Simon ^a   Gross, Dieter ^b   Doddrell, David M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Bruker Analytik GmbH   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Birdcage resonator; Flip angle error; RF inhomogeneity

Indexed keywords

SILICONE OIL;

ARTICLE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ARTIFACT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY;

ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0030610697     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(96)00396-7     Document Type: Article

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