Variable-Density Spiral 3D Tailored RF Pulses

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1100-1106

  Stenger, V Andrew ^a,b,e   Boada, Fernando E ^a,b   Nolls, Douglas C ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Pulse sequences; Susceptibility artifacts; Tailored RF pulses; Variable density spirals

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL MRI; PULSE SEQUENCE; RF PULSE; SUSCEPTIBILITY ARTIFACTS; VARIABLE DENSITY;

BRAIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CRANIAL SINUS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VARIABLE DENSITY SPIRAL METHOD;

EID: 0242290945     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10623     Document Type: Article

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