Design of adiabatic pulses for fat-suppression using analytic solutions of the bloch equation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 793-801

  Rosenfeld, D ^a   Panfil, S L ^a   Zur, Y ^a  

^a Elscint MRI Center   (Israel)

Author keywords

adiabatic pulses; fat suppression; RF pulse design; selective presaturation

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC FAST PASSAGES; ADIABATIC PULSE; ASYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; FAT SUPPRESSION; PRE-SATURATION; RF FIELD INHOMOGENEITY; RF PULSE DESIGNS; TRANSITION REGIONS;

MAGNETIZATION;

FAT; PROTON; WATER;

ARTICLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 0030900987     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910370524     Document Type: Article

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