DREAM-a novel approach for robust, ultrafast, multislice B1 mapping

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1517-1526

  Nehrke, Kay ^a   Börnert, Peter ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

high field MRI; parallel transmission; radiofrequency shimming

Indexed keywords

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

FREE INDUCTION DECAY; GRADIENT ECHO SEQUENCES; HIGH FIELD MRI; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO-FREQUENCY PULSE; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; STATISTICAL ERRORS;

MAPPING;

ABDOMEN; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUAL REFOCUSING ECHO ACQUISITION MODE; HEAD; LEG; MULTISLICE B1 MAPPING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; THEORY;

EID: 84867890773     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24158     Document Type: Article

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