Mitigation of susceptibility-induced signal loss in neuroimaging using localized shim coils

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 243-248

  Hsu, Jung Jiin ^a   Glover, Gary H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain MRI; Field homogeneity; fMRI; Localized active shimming; Oral shim

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SHIMS; SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION; SIGNAL SYSTEMS;

ACTIVE SHIMMING; BLOOD OXYGEN LEVEL DEPENDENTS; BRAIN MRI; FIELD HOMOGENEITY; FIELD INHOMOGENEITY; FMRI; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC FIELD DISTORTION;

FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MOUTH; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL SHIM COIL; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 12844281923     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20365     Document Type: Article

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