An inexpensive and programmable RF transmitter setup for two-coil CASL

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 228-235

  Xu, Qin ^a   Glielmi, Christopher ^a   Zhou, Lei ^a   Choi, Kisueng ^b   Hu, Xiaoping ^a  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous arterial spin labeling; Perfusion; RF transmitter; Separate labeling coil

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049123431     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20127     Document Type: Article

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