STEAM-Burst: A single-shot, multi-slice imaging sequence without rapid gradient switching

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 645-652

  Crémillieux, Yannick ^a   Wheeler Kingshott, Claudia A ^b   Briguet, André ^a   Doran, Simon J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Burst; STEAM; Ultra fast imaging

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BRAIN MAPPING; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; STEAM;

3D IMAGING; ACQUISITION MODES; BURST; GRADIENT SWITCHING; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; ULTRAFAST IMAGING; WHOLE-BODY IMAGING;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0030929454     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380419     Document Type: Article

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