Gradient echo imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1274-1289

  Markl, Michael ^a,b   Leupold, Jochen ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

balanced SSFP; gradient echo; RF spoiling; steady state free precession

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GRADIENT ECHO IMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84862083210     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23638     Document Type: Review

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