Optimization of fast cardiac imaging using an echo-train readout

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 75-80

  Epstein, Frederick H ^a,b   Arai, Andrew E ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Echoplanar imaging; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0033953457     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2586(200002)11:2<75::AID-JMRI1>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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