Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 7 , Pages 957-963 , September 2010

The flipped longitudinal polarization sequence

Received 8 February 2010 ,Revised 25 March 2010 ,Accepted 26 March 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.03.044

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 7 , Pages 957-963 , September 2010