Hybrid adiabatic-rectangular pulse train for effective saturation of magnetization within the whole heart at 3 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1368-1378

  Kim, Daniel ^a,c   Oesingmann, Niels ^b   McGorty, KellyAnne ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Siemens HealthCare   (United States)

^c Siemens Healthcare USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiabatic pulse; Cardiac perfusion; Heart; MRI; SAR; Saturation

Indexed keywords

HEART; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

ADIABATIC HALF-PASSAGE PULSE; ADIABATIC PULSE; CARDIAC PERFUSION; EQUILIBRIUM MAGNETIZATION; RADIO-FREQUENCY FIELDS; RADIO-FREQUENCY PULSE; RESIDUAL MAGNETIZATION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

SATURATION MAGNETIZATION;

ABSORPTION; ADIABATICITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART PERFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYBRID; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 73149088849     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22140     Document Type: Article

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