TROMBONE: T1-relaxation-oblivious mapping of transmit radio-frequency field (B1) for MRI at high magnetic fields

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 483-491

  Fleysher, Roman ^a,b   Fleysher, Lazar ^a   Inglese, Matilde ^a   Sodickson, Daniel ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

actual flip angle imaging; fast volumetric imaging; high field MRI; optimization methods; parallel transmission; quantitative MRI; RF inhomogeneity

Indexed keywords

MAPPING; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIO WAVES; TRANSMISSIONS;

FAST VOLUMETRIC IMAGING; FLIP ANGLE; HIGH FIELD MRI; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION; QUANTITATIVE MRIS; RF-INHOMOGENEITY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGING; IN VIVO STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; T1 RELAXATION OBLIVIOUS MAPPING OF B1; VALIDATION STUDY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960601423     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22804     Document Type: Article

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