Measurement and correction of transmitter and receiver induced nonuniformities in vivo

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 408-417

  Wang, Jinghua ^a   Qiu, Maolin ^a   Yang, Qing X ^b   Smith, Michael B ^b   Constable, R Todd ^a,c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

High field MRI; In vivo, sensitivity; MRI; RF inhomogeneity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HIGH FIELD MRI; IN-VIVO; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; RF-INHOMOGENEITY; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 12844266240     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20354     Document Type: Article

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