Interleaved balanced SSFP imaging: Artifact reduction using gradient waveform grouping

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 745-750

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

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

Eddy current artifacts; Interleaved balanced SSFP; Steady state free precession; Velocity mapping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; STEADY STATE; WAVEFORM;

ARTIFACTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PULSATILE FLOW; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63449096258     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21628     Document Type: Article

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