Optimization and validation of methods for mapping of the radiofrequency transmit field at 3T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 229-238

  Lutti, Antoine ^a   Hutton, Chloe ^a   Finsterbusch, Jürgen ^b   Helms, Gunther ^c   Weiskopf, Nikolaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

B1; B1 +; Flip angle correction; Quantitative MRI; RF mapping

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAPPING; PHYSIOLOGY;

B1^+; COMPREHENSIVE COMPARISONS; FLIP ANGLE; MULTIPLE ACQUISITIONS; QUANTITATIVE MRIS; RF MAPPINGS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

BRAIN MAPPING;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN MAPPING; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL ACTUAL FLIP ANGLE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TIME; TWO DIMENSIONAL STIMULATED ECHO ACQUISITION MODE; VALIDATION STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAD; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 77953918713     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22421     Document Type: Article

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