B1+/actual flip angle and reception sensitivity mapping methods: Simulation and comparison

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 717-722

  Hartwig, Valentina ^a   Vanello, Nicola ^b   Giovannetti, Giulio ^a   De Marchi, Daniele ^c   Lombardi, Massimo ^c   Landini, Luigi ^b   Santarelli, Maria Filomena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE TOSCANA GABRIELE MONASTERIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

B1+ actual flip angle; Double angle method; Fitting method; Reception sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; SPATIAL SUMMATION;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 79956116529     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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