Generalized equation for describing the magnetization in spoiled gradient-echo imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 723-730

  Murase, Kenya ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bloch equations; In pulse relaxation; Magnetization; Magnetization transfer; Spoiled gradient echo imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RELAXATION TIME; SPOILED GRADIENT ECHO IMAGING; STEADY STATE;

ALGORITHMS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIO WAVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79956137821     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: 18735894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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