Exact algebraization of the signal equation of spoiled gradient echo MRI

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4231-4245

  Dathe, Henning ^a   Helms, Gunther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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ARTICLE; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 78049425927     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/15/003     Document Type: Article

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