SSFP and GRE phase contrast imaging using a three-echo readout

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1288-1293

  Nielsen, Jon Fredrik ^a   Nayak, Krishna S ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Field mapping; Flow quantitation; Phase contrast; Steady state free precession; Velocity mapping

Indexed keywords

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FLOW VELOCITY; MAPPING; SIGNAL ENCODING; VELOCITY;

FIELD MAPPING; FLOW QUANTITATION; PHASE CONTRASTS; STEADY STATE FREE PRECESSIONS; VELOCITY MAPPING;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VELOCITY;

EID: 36849078785     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21276     Document Type: Article

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