Transverse relaxometry with stimulated echo compensation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1005-1014

  Lebel, R Marc ^a   Wilman, Alan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extended phase graph; Quantitative imaging; Relaxometry

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL DATUM; FITTING MODEL; PHASE GRAPHS; PULSE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RELAXOMETRY; STIMULATED ECHOS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 77957322539     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22487     Document Type: Article

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