Electrocardiogram-triggered, higher order, projection-based B0 shimming allows for fast and reproducible shim convergence in spinal cord 1H MRS

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 329-335

  Hock, Andreas ^a   Fuchs, Alexander ^a   Boesiger, Peter ^a   Kollias, Spyros S ^b   Henning, Anke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

B0 shimming; FASTMAP; In vivo; MRS; Spinal cord; VAPOR

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; FASTMAP; FIELD DISTORTIONS; FIELD MAPPING; IN-VIVO; MRS; PREPARATION PHASIS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; ROBUST METHODS; SPECTRAL QUALITY; SPINAL CORDS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; VAPORS;

ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

WATER;

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; ECG TRIGGERED PROJECTION BASED B 0 SHIMMING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84873990894     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.2852     Document Type: Article

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