Slice profile correction for transmit sensitivity mapping using actual flip angle imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1393-1399

  Malik, Shaihan J ^a   Kenny, Gavin D ^a   Hajnal, Joseph V ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

actual flip angle imaging; parallel transmit; RF mapping

Indexed keywords

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); SIGNAL ENCODING; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; TABLE LOOKUP;

CLINICAL USE; FAST RECONSTRUCTION; FLIP ANGLE; MAPPING TECHNIQUES; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION; PARALLEL TRANSMIT; RF MAPPINGS; STEADY STATE;

MAPPING;

ACTUAL FLIP ANGLE IMAGING; ARTICLE; IMAGE QUALITY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TRANSMIT SENSITIVITY;

EID: 79954603822     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22739     Document Type: Article

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