Correction of B1 inhomogeneities using echo-planar imaging of water

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 369-375

  Thulborn, Keith R ^a,c   Boada, Fernando E ^a   Shen, Gary X ^a   Christensen, James D ^b   Reese, Timothy G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

B1; Echo planar; MRI; Quantification

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

DUAL FREQUENCY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR; INHOMOGENEITIES; INSTRUMENTAL SENSITIVITY; QUANTIFICATION; RADIO FREQUENCY COILS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; PROTON; SODIUM;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORY; TISSUE WATER; ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; BODY WATER; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; MINIPIG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWINE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BODY WATER; BRAIN; DEUTERIUM; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

EID: 0031594550     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910390306     Document Type: Article

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