Improved k-space trajectory measurement with signal shifting

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 200-205

  Beaumont, Marine ^a,b   Lamalle, Laurent ^c   Segebarth, Christoph ^a,b   Barbier, Emmanuel L ^a,b,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUT DES NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

^c Institut Fédératif de Recherche IFR 1   (France)

^d GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Gradient characterization; k space; Rapid imaging; Spiral; Trajectory measurement

Indexed keywords

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); SIGNAL ENCODING; SPACE FLIGHT;

HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; K SPACE; K-SPACE TRAJECTORIES; NEW APPROACHES; PHASE ENCODING; RAPID IMAGING; SPIRAL; TRAJECTORY MEASUREMENTS;

TRAJECTORIES;

ARTICLE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 34547815271     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21254     Document Type: Article

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