A simple correction for B1 field errors in magnetization transfer ratio measurements

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-263

  Samson, Rebecca S ^a   Wheeler Kingshott, Claudia A M ^a   Symms, Mark R ^b   Tozer, Daniel J ^a   Tofts, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b EPILEPSY SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

B1 mapping; Coil; Magnetization transfer ratio; Nonuniformity; qMT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN TISSUE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ERRORS, ARTIFACTS AND QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RELAXATION TIME; ALGORITHM; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 33645062982     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2005.10.025     Document Type: Article

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