Spatially resolved extended phase graphs: Modeling and design of multipulse sequences with parallel transmission

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1481-1494

  Malik, Shaihan J ^a   Padormo, Francesco ^a   Price, Anthony N ^a   Hajnal, Joseph V ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

extended phase graph; parallel transmission; RF shimming; turbo spin echo RARE

Indexed keywords

MULTI-PULSE SEQUENCE; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION; PHASE GRAPHS; PSEUDO STEADY STATE; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; RF SHIMMING; TURBO SPIN ECHOS; TURBO SPIN-ECHO IMAGING;

SPIN POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IN VIVO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED EXTENDED PHASE GRAPH; STATIC PSEUDO STEADY STATE; TURBO SPIN ECHO IMAGING;

EID: 84867853433     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24153     Document Type: Article

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