Steady state effects in fast gradient echo magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 559-568

  Duyn, Jeff H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

fast MRI; FLASH; phase scrambling; SSFP

Indexed keywords

PHASE MODULATION;

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLASH; GRADIENT ECHO IMAGING; MODULATION SCHEMES; PHASE SCRAMBLING; REDUCED SENSITIVITY; SSFP; TEMPORAL SIGNALS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0030938146     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910370414     Document Type: Article

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