Radiofrequency power calibration for magnetic resonance imaging using signal phase as indicator

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 474-478

  Bosak, Elyakim ^a,b   Schiff, Joseph ^a,c   Kaplan, Noam ^b  

^a Elscint MRI Center   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiofrequency power calibration; Signal phase; T1 and T2 variations; Tip angle; Z magnetization

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; RESONANCE;

CALIBRATION TECHNIQUES; MONITORING SIGNALS; RADIO-FREQUENCY POWER; RF-POWER; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; SIGNAL PHASE; T1 AND T2 VARIATIONS; TIP ANGLE;

CALIBRATION;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; HEAD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; THEORY; TRUNK;

EID: 0033062658     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199903)41:3<474::AID-MRM8>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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