Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 26, Issue 10 , Pages 1381-1387 , December 2008

Control of susceptibility-related image contrast by spin-lock techniques

  • Petros Martirosian

      Affiliations

    • Section on Experimental Radiology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Section on Experimental Radiology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. Tel.: +49 7071 29 87751.
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  • Eberhard Rommel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biophysics, Institute of Physics, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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  • Fritz Schick

      Affiliations

    • Section on Experimental Radiology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Michael Deimling

      Affiliations

    • Department of Magnetic Resonance, Siemens Medical Solutions, 91052 Erlangen, Germany

Received 7 December 2007 ,Revised 22 April 2008 ,Accepted 26 April 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.04.013

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 26, Issue 10 , Pages 1381-1387 , December 2008

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