Simultaneous B0- and B1+-map acquisition for fast localized shim, frequency, and RF power determination in the heart at 3 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 419-426

  Schär, Michael ^a,b   Vonken, Evert Jan ^a,c   Stuber, Matthias ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3 tesla; Cardiac MR; Localized power preparation; Localized shimming

Indexed keywords

HEART; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

3 TESLA; CARDIAC MR; LOCALIZED POWER PREPARATION; LOCALIZED SHIMMING; RADIO-FREQUENCY FIELDS; RADIO-FREQUENCY POWER; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS;

SHIMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 75749116305     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22234     Document Type: Article

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