Reduced RF Power Without Blurring: Correcting for Modulation of Refocusing Flip Angle in FSE Sequences

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1031-1037

  Busse, Reed F ^a  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo stabilization; RF power; Signal correction; Variable flip angles

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; FLIP ANGLE; HIGH FIELD STRENGTHS; PSEUDO STEADY STATE; RF-POWER; SIGNAL CORRECTION; SMOOTH TRANSITIONS;

MODULATION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSCILLATION; PHANTOM; STEADY STATE; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 2342574259     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20056     Document Type: Article

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