Single-shot half k-space high-resolution gradient-recalled EPI for fMRI at 3 Tesla

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 754-762

  Jesmanowicz, Andrzej ^a   Bandettini, Peter A ^a   Hyde, James S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo planar imaging; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; MRI pulse sequence; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRADIENT RECALLED ECHOS; HERMITIAN CONJUGATE; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; PARTIAL VOLUME EFFECT; PULSE SEQUENCE;

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; THEORY;

EID: 0031759093     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910400517     Document Type: Article

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