The generating functions formalism for the analysis of spin response to the periodic trains of RF pulses. Echo sequences with arbitrary refocusing angles and resonance offsets

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 164-169

  Lukzen, N N ^a   Petrova, M V ^a   Koptyug, I V ^a   Savelov, A A ^a   Sagdeev, R Z ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL TOMOGRAPHY CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Coherences; CPMG sequence; Spin echo

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COHERENCES; CPMG SEQUENCE; ECHO AMPLITUDES; ECHO SEQUENCES; FLIP ANGLES; GENERATING FUNCTIONS; GRADIENT ECHO SEQUENCES; PERIODIC TRAINS; RF PULSES; SPIN DENSITY MATRIXES; SPIN ECHO;

COHERENT LIGHT; FUNCTION EVALUATION; FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM THEORY; RESONANCE; SPIN POLARIZATION;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPIN LABELING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KINETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIO WAVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPIN LABELS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 58249138487     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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