Correction of systematic errors in quantitative proton density mapping

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-85

  Volz, Steffen ^a   Nöth, Ulrike ^a   Deichmann, Ralf ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bias field; Proton density; Receiver sensitivity profile; Reciprocity theorem; Variable flip angle; Water content

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MAPPING; WATER CONTENT;

BIAS FIELD; FLIP ANGLE; PROTON DENSITY; RECEIVER SENSITIVITY; RECIPROCITY THEOREM;

SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

PROTON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PROTON DENSITY; PROTON DENSITY MAPPING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WATER CONTENT; WHOLE BODY MRI;

EID: 84862249195     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23206     Document Type: Article

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