A method for an accurate T1 relaxation-time measurement compensating B1 field inhomogeneity in magnetic-resonance imaging

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Mihara, Hiroaki ^a   Sekino, Masaki ^a   Iriguchi, Norio ^b   Ueno, Shoogo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITATION PULSES; HISTOGRAMS; RELAXATION-TIME MEASUREMENT; TWO-POINT GRADIENT ECHO METHODS;

BRAIN; DATA REDUCTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RELAXATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; VECTORS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 20944445504     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1857393     Document Type: Conference Paper

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