RF refocused echoes of J-coupled spin systems: Effects on RARE-based spectroscopic imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 967-971

  Mayer, Dirk ^a   Dreher, Wolfgang ^b,c   Leibfritz, Dieter ^b,c   Spielman, Daniel M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c Center for Advanced Imaging Bremen Magdeburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Density matrix; Fast spin echo; J coupling; Point spread function; Simulation; Spectroscopic imaging

Indexed keywords

IMPULSE RESPONSE; INVERSE PROBLEMS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

DENSITY MATRIX; FAST SPIN ECHOS; J COUPLING; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING;

CHEMICAL SHIFT;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OSCILLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 34248228866     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21206     Document Type: Article

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