Non-uniformity correction of human brain imaging at high field by RF field mapping of B 1 + and B 1 -

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 426-430

  Watanabe, Hidehiro ^a   Takaya, Nobuhiro ^a   Mitsumori, Fumiyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

High field; Human brain; Non uniformity; RF field

Indexed keywords

HIGH FIELD; HOMOGENEOUS EXCITATION; HUMAN BRAIN; IMAGE CORRECTION; IN-VIVO; INVERSION RECOVERY; NONUNIFORMITY; NONUNIFORMITY CORRECTION; PHASE METHODS; POLYNOMIAL FUNCTIONS; RECEPTION FIELDS; RF FIELDS; RF TRANSMISSION; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPIN ECHO; WATER FRACTION; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; SPIN POLARIZATION;

MAPPING;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHEMISTRY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY WATER; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 80053255127     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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