Volumetric B1+ mapping of the brain at 7T using DREAM

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 246-256

  Nehrke, Kay ^a   Versluis, Maarten J ^b   Webb, Andrew ^b   Börnert, Peter ^a,b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

brain MRI; high field MRI; parallel transmission; RF shimming

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAPPING;

BRAIN MRI; HIGH FIELD MRI; ISOTROPIC RESOLUTION; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION; RF SHIMMING; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; THEORY AND METHODS; TRANSVERSE RELAXATION;

BRAIN MAPPING;

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN MAPPING; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DUAL REFOCUSING ECHO ACQUISITION MODE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IMAGING PHANTOM; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; POLARIZATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; VOLUMETRY; ALGORITHM; B0 MAPPING; B1 MAPPING; BRAIN; BRAIN MRI; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HIGH-FIELD MRI; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RF SHIMMING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; YOUNG ADULT;

B0 MAPPING; B1 MAPPING; BRAIN MRI; HIGH-FIELD MRI; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION; RF SHIMMING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890788542     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24667     Document Type: Article

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