T2 accuracy on a whole-body imager

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 759-768

  Foltz, Warren D ^a   Stainsby, Jeffery A ^a   Wright, Graham A ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Refocusing trains; Relaxometry; T2 measurement

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DIGITAL STORAGE;

COMPOSITE PULSE; CORRECTION SCHEMES; INHOMOGENEITIES; LONGITUDINAL AXIS; REFOCUSING TRAINS; RELAXOMETRY; TEMPORARY STORAGE; TIME CONSTANTS;

LOSS PREVENTION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXIMETRY; THEORY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

OXYGEN;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030612765     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380512     Document Type: Article

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