Correction of main and transmit magnetic field (B0 and B 1) inhomogeneity effects in multicomponent-driven equilibrium single-pulse observation of T1 and T2

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1021-1035

  Deoni, Sean C L ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

human brain imaging; multicomponent relaxation; quantitative magnetic resonance imaging; steady state imaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HUMAN BRAIN; MAGNETIC FIELD INHOMOGENEITIES; MULTICOMPONENTS; MYELIN WATER FRACTIONS; QUANTITATIVE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STEADY STATE;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

MYELIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CALIBRATION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ERROR; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTICOMPONENT DRIVEN EQUILIBRIUM SINGLE PULSE OBSERVATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULSE WAVE; RELAXATION TIME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STEADY STATE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 79952791696     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22685     Document Type: Article

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