Four-dimensional spectral-spatial RF pulses for simultaneous correction of B1+ inhomogeneity and susceptibility artifacts in T 2*-weighted MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Yang, Cungeng ^a   Deng, Weiran ^a   Alagappan, Vijayanand ^b   Wald, Lawrence L ^c   Stenger, V Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

B1+ inhomogeneity reduction; Four dimensional RF pulses; Parallel transmission; Spectral spatial RF pulses; Susceptibility artifacts

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DEPENDENT; HIGH-FIELD APPLICATIONS; INHOMOGENEITIES; MULTIPLE TRANSMITTERS; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION; RADIO-FREQUENCY FIELDS; RF PULSE; SUSCEPTIBILITY ARTIFACTS;

BRAIN MAPPING;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; FOUR DIMENSIONAL SPECTRAL SPATIAL RADIOFREQUENCY PULSE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIOFREQUENCY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; IMAGE QUALITY; PROCEDURES; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 77953932144     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22471     Document Type: Article

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