Asymmetric Adiabatic Pulses for NH Selection

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 173-177

  Hwang, Tsang Lin ^a   Van Zijl, Peter C M ^a   Garwood, Michael ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiabatic full passage; Asymmetric pulses; Selective spin inversion

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN;

EID: 0033126881     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1999.1713     Document Type: Editorial

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