Influence of RF spoiling on the stability and accuracy of T1 mapping based on spoiled FLASH with varying flip angles

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-135

  Preibisch, C ^a   Deichmann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 tesla; Phase increment; RF spoiling; Spoiled FLASH; Spoiled gradient echo; T1 mapping

Indexed keywords

3 TESLA; GRADIENT ECHO; PHASE INCREMENT; RF SPOILING; SPOILED FLASH;

MAPPING;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 60349123561     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21776     Document Type: Article

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