Extended phase graphs: Dephasing, RF pulses, and echoes - Pure and simple

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 266-295

  Weigel, Matthias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Configuration states; Dephasing; Extended phase graph; Fourier space; Partitioning; Phase graph

Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENT; DENSITY GRADIENT; DIFFUSION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EXTENDED PHASE GRAPH; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIZATION RESPONSE; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY PULSE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RELAXATION TIME; REVIEW; TURBO SPIN ECHO SEQUENCE; ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIO WAVES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84921860503     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24619     Document Type: Review

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