Design and optimization for variable rate selective excitation using an analytic RF scaling function

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-89

  Gai, Neville D ^a   Zur, Yuval ^b  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Analytic RF scaling function; Constant contrast; Constant pulse width; SAR reduction

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FERMI LEVEL; IMAGE QUALITY; SCALING LAWS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

ANALYTIC RF SCALING FUNCTION; CONSTANT CONTRAST; CONSTANT PULSE WIDTH;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SCINTISCANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KNEE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 35648965618     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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