Spectroscopic imaging by dephasing amplitude changing (SIDAC).
A technique for spectroscopic imaging based on a new concept of dual encoding (i.e., both phase and frequency encoding) of position along the direction of the read-out gradient is proposed. The phase encoding is produced by changing the amplitude of the dephasing gradient as in conventional phase encoding. High-resolution spectroscopic images of a normal human thigh obtained by a 2.0 Tesla whole body MR imaging system are presented.
Miyazaki
T
T
Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan.
Yamamoto
T
T
Iriguchi
N
N
Ueshima
Y
Y
Hasegawa
J
J
Yamai
S
S
Hikida
K
K
Manabe
A
A
Toyoshima
H
H
Maki
T
T
D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D013848:Thigh / Q000033:anatomy & histology