Rapid B1+ mapping using a preconditioning RF pulse with turboFLASH readout

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 439-446

  Chung, Sohae ^a   Kim, Daniel ^a   Breton, Elodie ^a   Axel, Leon ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

B1+ mapping; Flip angle mapping; High field; RF field inhomogeneity; Slice selective preconditioning RF pulse

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CODING;

FLIP ANGLE; HIGH FIELD; LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIZATION; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; RADIO-FREQUENCY FIELDS; RF FIELD INHOMOGENEITY; RF PULSE; SIGNAL INTENSITY VARIATIONS;

MAPPING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOFREQUENCY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ALGORITHM; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 77955105373     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22423     Document Type: Article

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