Volume Selective Detection by Weighted Averaging of Constant Tip Angle Scans

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 208-212

  Serša, Igor ^a,b   Macura, Slobodan ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Spectroscopic imaging; Volume selective detection; Volume selective excitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0034145609     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmre.1999.1982     Document Type: Editorial

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