Advanced three-dimensional tailored RF pulse for signal recovery in T 2*-weighted functional magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1050-1059

  Yip, Chun Yu ^a   Fessler, Jeffrey A ^a   Noll, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Echo volumar trajectory; Functional MRI; Signal loss; Signal recovery; Three dimensional tailored RF pulse

Indexed keywords

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECOVERY;

COMPUTATIONAL SCHEMES; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MRI; PHASE PATTERNS; RF PULSE; SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS; SIGNAL LOSS; SIGNAL RECOVERY;

SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALCULATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 33750614497     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21048     Document Type: Article

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