title: Nonaxial whole-body instant imaging.
abstract: We demonstrate that whole-body, single-shot imaging is practical for imaging out of the central plane, including oblique axes. The technique is illustrated by images of the heart in the cardiac long- and short-axis and by coronal images of the brain. Secondary gradients can produce additional image distortion and ghosting in these images. These artifacts are a direct consequence, predictable by Maxwell's equations, of the large gradients used in echo planar imaging. We show that these effects are, in general, made smaller by working at a high magnetic field.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Radiology, Charlestown 02129.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Weisskoff
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Rzedzian
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D017352:Echo-Planar Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006321:Heart / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008961:Models, Structural