Evaluation of non-selective refocusing pulses for 7 T MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 214, Issue , 2012, Pages 212-220

  Moore, Jay ^a   Jankiewicz, Marcin ^a   Anderson, Adam W ^a,b   Gore, John C ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

7 T; BIR 4; Composite radio frequency pulses; Frequency modulation; High field human brain imaging; Hyperbolic secant; Phase modulation; Refocusing; RF field inhomogeneity

Indexed keywords

7 T; BIR-4; COMPOSITE RADIO FREQUENCY PULSES; HIGH-FIELD; HYPERBOLIC SECANT; REFOCUSING; RF FIELDS;

BIREFRINGENCE; BRAIN; FREQUENCY MODULATION; PHASE MODULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DESIGN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84855675842     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2011.11.010     Document Type: Article

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