Rapid methods for concurrent measurement of the RF-pulse flip angle and the longitudinal relaxation time

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1319-1325

  Hsu, Jung Jiin ^a   Zaharchuk, Greg ^a   Glover, Gary H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B1; Flip angle; Longitudinal relaxation time T1; Quantitative MRI; RF pulse

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; FLIP ANGLE; LONGITUDINAL RELAXATION; LONGITUDINAL RELAXATION TIME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE MRIS; RF PULSE; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE;

RELAXATION TIME;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; FLIP ANGLE; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; LONGITUDINAL RELAXATION TIME; METHODOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; TIME;

EID: 67049133265     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21900     Document Type: Article

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