Sources of artifact and systematic error in quantitative snapshot FLASH imaging and methods for their elimination

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-71

  Williams, Catherine F M ^a   Redpath, Thomas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Magnetic resonance imaging; Relaxation; Snapshot FLASH

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ARTIFACTS; IMAGE INTENSITIES; PARAMETER MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM EXPERIMENT; RELAXATION; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SNAPSHOT FLASH; STANDARD ANALYSIS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RELAXATION TIME; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032903848     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199901)41:1<63::AID-MRM10>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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