Stabilization of alternating TR steady-state free precession sequences

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 211-218

  Lee, Hsu Lei ^a   Nayak, Krishna S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Alternating repetition time; Balanced SSFP; Initial preparation

Indexed keywords

IMAGE QUALITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STABILIZATION;

ALTERNATING REPETITION TIME; BALANCED SSFP; DESIGN PREPARATIONS; EFFICIENT; FOURIER; IMAGING; INITIAL PREPARATION; OSCILLATORY TRANSIENTS; PHASE CYCLING; PREPARATION METHODS; RF FLIP ANGLES; SIGNAL FLUCTUATIONS; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; TRANSIENT SIGNALS; WIDEBAND;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 55049134931     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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