Simultaneous multislice imaging with slice-multiplexed RF pulses

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 755-760

  Lee, K J ^a,b   Wild, J M ^a   Griffiths, P D ^a   Paley, M N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multiplexed pulse; Rapid imaging; Simultaneous multislice MRI

Indexed keywords

GRADIENT ECHO; IN-VIVO IMAGES; LINEAR PHASE; MULTI SLICES; MULTIPLEXED PULSE; RAPID IMAGING; SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-SLICE IMAGING; SLICE METHOD;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 26844469615     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20643     Document Type: Article

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