Quantitative T1ρ imaging using phase cycling for B0 and B1 field inhomogeneity compensation

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 608-619

  Chen, Weitian ^a   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Han, Eric ^a  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

B1 RF inhomogeneity; Off resonance; Phase cycling; T1

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHANTOM; PHASE CYCLING COMPOSITE SPIN LOCKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ARTIFACTS; CARTILAGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KNEE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 79956072045     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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