Single-shot spiral image acquisition with embedded Z-shimming for susceptibility signal recovery

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 389-395

  Guo, Hua ^a   Song, Allen W ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; Single shot; Spiral imaging; Susceptibility; Z shimming

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; BRAIN; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOUTH CAVITY; NEURORADIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0042328148     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10355     Document Type: Article

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