Reduction of transient signal oscillations in true-FISP using a linear flip angle series magnetization preparation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 151-157

  Deshpande, Vibhas S ^a,b   Chung, Yiu Cho ^c   Zhang, Qiang ^c   Shea, Steven M ^a,b   Li, Debiao ^a,b,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary arteries; Fast imaging; Image artifacts; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); MR angiography; Steady state free precession (SSFP)

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; TRANSIENTS;

CORONARY ARTERIES; FAST IMAGING; IMAGE ARTIFACTS; MR ANGIOGRAPHY; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAST IMAGING WITH STEADY STATE PRECISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNET; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSCILLATION; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0037229176     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10337     Document Type: Article

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