Parallel excitation in the human brain at 9.4 T counteracting k-space errors with RF pulse design

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 524-529

  Wu, Xiaoping ^a   Vaughan, J Thomas ^a   Uǧurbil, Kâmil ^a   Van De Moortele, Pierre François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; High field MRI; K space trajectory; Parallel excitation; RF pulse

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BRAIN IMAGING; HIGH FIELD MRI; K-SPACE TRAJECTORIES; PARALLEL EXCITATION; RF PULSE;

SPACE FLIGHT;

ACCELERATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER; EXCITATION; EXPERIMENT; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 75749127793     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22247     Document Type: Article

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