Field mapping without reference scan using asymmetric echo-planar techniques

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 319-323

  Gruetter, Rolf ^a,b   Tkáč, Ivan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Center for MR Research   (United States)

Author keywords

B(o) imaging; BOLD; EPI; Field mapping; Shimming; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

SPECTROSCOPY;

BOLD; EDDY-CURRENT EFFECTS; FIELD MAPPING; FLIP ANGLE; SHIMMING; STATIC FIELDS;

MAPPING;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0342948677     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(200002)43:2<319::AID-MRM22>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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