Optimized balanced steady-state free precession magnetization transfer imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 511-518

  Bieri, Oliver ^a,b   Scheffler, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Balanced SSFP; Magnetization transfer; MT; MTC; Steady states

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; TISSUE;

BALANCED SSFP; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; RADIO FREQUENCY PULSE; REPETITION TIME; SEQUENCE PARAMETERS; SEQUENCE SCHEME; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS;

MAGNETIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STEADY STATE;

EID: 36349030346     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21326     Document Type: Article

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