Design of improved spectral-spatial pulses for routine clinical use

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 410-420

  Zur, Yuval ^a,b  

^a GE Medical Systems Israel   (Israel)

^b GEMS Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fat signal suppression; Radio frequency pulse design; Spectral selective pulses; Spectral spatial pulses

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SHIFT; FIR FILTERS;

FIELD INHOMOGENEITY; OPTIMAL CONSTANT; RADIO FREQUENCY PULSE; SELECTIVE PULSE; SIGNAL SUPPRESSION; SPATIAL LOCATION; SPECTRAL FREQUENCY; SPECTRAL SPATIAL PULSES;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

FAT; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0034005490     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(200003)43:3<410::AID-MRM13>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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