Reduction of transmitter B1 inhomogeneity with transmit SENSE slice-select pulses

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 842-847

  Zhang, Zhenghui ^a   Yip, Chun Yu ^b   Grissom, William ^b   Noll, Douglas C ^b   Boada, Fernando E ^a,c   Stenger, V Andrew ^d  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

B1 inhomogeneity; Brain imaging; Parallel transmitters; Tailored RF pulses; Transmit SENSE

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING;

BRAIN IMAGING; EXCITATION PROFILE; INHOMOGENEITIES; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION; RF PULSE; SENSITIVITY ENCODING; SMALL FLIP ANGLE; TRANSMIT SENSE;

TRANSMITTERS;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STANDARDIZATION; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 34248203798     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21221     Document Type: Article

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