Simultaneous variable flip angle - Actual flip angle imaging method for improved accuracy and precision of three-dimensional T1 and B 1 measurements

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-64

  Hurley, Samuel A ^a   Yarnykh, Vasily L ^b   Johnson, Kevin M ^a   Field, Aaron S ^c   Alexander, Andrew L ^a   Samsonov, Alexey A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Actual flip angle imaging (AFI); Spoiled gradient echo

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; MAPPING;

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; CLINICAL FEASIBILITY; DYNAMIC CONTRAST ENHANCED; FLIP ANGLE; GRADIENT ECHO; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; NONLINEAR FITTING; QUANTITATIVE MRIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FLIP ANGLE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 84862249745     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23199     Document Type: Article

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