Spectroscopic imaging with improved gradient modulated constant adiabaticity pulses on high-field clinical scanners

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 283-293

  Andronesi, Ovidiu C ^a   Ramadan, Saadallah ^b   Ratai, Eva Maria ^a   Jennings, Dominique ^a   Mountford, Carolyn E ^b   Sorensen, A Gregory ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Chemical shift displacement error (CSDE); Gradient offset independent adiabatic (GOIA); Localized adiabatic selective refocusing (LASER); Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging (MRSI); Specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT ERRORS; GRADIENT OFFSET INDEPENDENT ADIABATIC (GOIA); MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

ABSORPTION; CHEMICAL SHIFT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77949486359     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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