Mapping of low flip angles in magnetic resonance

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 6635-6647

  Balezeau, Fabien ^a   Eliat, Pierre Antoine ^b   Cayamo, Alejandro Bordelois ^c   Saint Jalmes, Hervé ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Cuba)

^d CENTRE EUGÈNE MARQUIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

GRADIENT ECHO SEQUENCES; INHOMOGENEITIES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; REFERENCE IMAGE; REPETITION TIME; RF TRANSMITTER; SIMPLE METHOD; SUPPLY SYSTEM;

MAPPING;

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROBABILITY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 80053582218     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/20/008     Document Type: Article

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