B1 mapping with selective pulses

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1472-1480

  Bouhrara, Mustapha ^a   Bonny, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UR370 QuaPA   (France)

Author keywords

double angle method; quantitative imaging; selective pulse; Shinnar Le Roux algorithm

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ACQUISITION PROCESS; ANGLE METHOD; GOLD STANDARDS; HIGH-PRECISION; PROFILE DISTORTION; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE MRIS; SELECTIVE PULSE;

MAPPING;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; B1 MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOUBLE ANGLE METHOD; GOLD STANDARD; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84867849094     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24146     Document Type: Article

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