Improved encoding pulses for Bloch-Siegert B 1 + mapping

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 226, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-87

  Jankiewicz, Marcin ^a   Gore, John C ^a,b   Grissom, William A ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B 1 + mapping; Bloch Siegert shift; RF field inhomogeneity; RF pulse design; Ultra high field human imaging

Indexed keywords

BLOCH-SIEGERT SHIFT; CONSTANT ENVELOPE; FREQUENCY SWEEP; HUMAN IMAGING; IN-VIVO EXPERIMENTS; INHOMOGENEITIES; RF FIELDS; RF PULSE; U-SHAPED;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); EXPERIMENTS; RESONANCE;

MAPPING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84870658017     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2012.11.004     Document Type: Article

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