SA2RAGE: A new sequence for fast B1+-mapping

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1609-1619

  Eggenschwiler, Florent ^a   Kober, Tobias ^a,b   Magill, Arthur W ^a,c   Gruetter, Rolf ^a,c,d   Marques, José P ^a,c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Advanced Clinical Imaging Technology   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

SA2RAGE

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHANTOMS;

ACCURATE MAPPING; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAPPING TECHNIQUES; PHANTOM EXPERIMENT; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SA2RAGE; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS;

MAPPING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC FIELD; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; SATURATION PREPARED WITH 2 RAPID GRADIENT ECHOES; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84861233928     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23145     Document Type: Article

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