Fast 3D radiofrequency field mapping using echo-planar imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1375-1379

  Jiru, Filip ^a,b   Klose, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

EPI; Quantitative MRI; RF homogeneity; RF mapping; Stimulated echo

Indexed keywords

BRAIN;

ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE MRIS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO-FREQUENCY FIELDS; RF HOMOGENEITY; RF MAPPINGS; SIMULTANEOUS ACQUISITION; STIMULATED ECHOS;

MAPPING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPIN ECHO IMAGING; STIMULATED ECHO IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 33845263696     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21083     Document Type: Article

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