Resolution enhancement in single-shot imaging using simultaneous acquisition of spatial harmonics (SMASH)

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1236-1245

  Griswold, Mark A ^a,b   Jakob, P M ^a   Chen, Q ^a   Goldfarb, J W ^a   Manning, W J ^a,b   Edelman, R R ^a   Sodickson, D K ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Single shot imaging; Spatial resolution; Spin relaxation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE CODING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SWITCHING FREQUENCY;

PARALLEL IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RADIO FREQUENCY POWER; RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT; SIMULTANEOUS ACQUISITION OF SPATIAL HARMONICS; SINGLE-SHOT IMAGING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPIN RELAXATION; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIZATION;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 0032997647     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199906)41:6<1236::AID-MRM21>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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