Rapid 3D radiofrequency field mapping using catalyzed double-angle method

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 882-890

  Wang, Dingxin ^a,b   Zuehlsdorff, Sven ^c   Larson, Andrew C ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Double angle method (DAM); Multi echo imaging; Quantitative MRI; Radiofrequency (RF) field mapping

Indexed keywords

ANGLE METHOD; DOUBLE-ANGLE METHOD (DAM); ECHO IMAGING; FIELD MAPPING; RADIO FREQUENCIES;

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; MAGNETS; MAPPING; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DAMS;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE ANGLE METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70649112286     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1403     Document Type: Article

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