Asymmetric spin-echo imaging of magnetically inhomogeneous systems: Theory, experiment, and numerical studies

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 432-442

  Stables, Lara A ^a,b,c   Kennan, Richard P ^a   Gore, John C ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional imaging; Monte Carlo modeling; Susceptibility contrast

Indexed keywords

MEAN FIELD THEORY; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ANDERSONS; CONTRAST EFFECTS; FUNCTIONAL IMAGING; GRADIENT ECHO; INHOMOGENEOUS SYSTEM; MAGNETIC INHOMOGENEITIES; MONTE CARLO MODEL; PULSE SEQUENCE;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EXPERIMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 0031850912     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910400314     Document Type: Article

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