Direct measurement of magnetic field gradient waveforms

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A: Bridging Education and Research

Volumn 36 A, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 349-360

  Han, Hui ^a   Ouriadov, Alexei V ^a,c   Fordham, Edmund ^b   Balcom, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b SCHLUMBERGER CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centric scan SPRITE; Eddy currents; FID; Fourier transform; Gradient waveform; K space trajectory; Magnetization preparation; Multiple point; Pure phase encode

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650101091     PISSN: 15466086     EISSN: 15525023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.a.20194     Document Type: Article

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