Fast-spin-echo imaging of inner fields-of-view with 2D-selective RF excitations

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1530-1537

  Finsterbusch, Jürgen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

2DRF excitations; Fast spin echo imaging; FSE; Image blurring; Inner field of view; SAR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FAST SPIN ECHO IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHOLE BODY MRI; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77952863450     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22196     Document Type: Article

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