Theory of MRI in the presence of zero to low magnetic fields and tensor imaging field gradients

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 106-114

  Meriles, C A ^a   Sakellariou, D ^b   Trabesinger, A H ^c  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Concomitant field gradient; Low field MRI

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC COILS; HARDWARE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; TENSORS;

CONCOMITANT FIELD GRADIENT; GRADIENT COILS; LOW FIELD MRI; UNIFORM STATIC FIELDS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33747883015     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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