Excitation of complex profiles by CARVE sequence: Accounting for spectral dispersion and relaxation

International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-241

  Serša, Igor ^a   Macura, Slobodan ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEATURE EXTRACTION; MAGNETIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

COMPLETELY ARBITRARY REGIONAL VOLUME EXCITATION (CARVE);

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032647798     PISSN: 08999457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1098(1999)10:3<225::AID-IMA4>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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