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Some Observations on NMR Imaging Particularly in Lower Fields

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NMR in the Life Sciences

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MR Imaging is a complex technique and the simple working rules necessary to begin with may not be valid when extrapolated outside their original context.

Increasing experience also may lead to modification of clinical practice. An active process of reassessment of the explicit and implicit working rules current in MRI is a necessary process and in this paper effects of magnetic field strength, the comparative value of spin and field echo, and aspects of sequence comparison are discussed.

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  1. GEC Research Laboratories, East Lane, Wembley, Middx, UK

    I. R. Young

  2. NMR Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, Ducane Road, London W12, UK

    G. M. Bydder

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  1. University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA

    E. Morton Bradbury

  2. University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

    Claudio Nicolini

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Young, I.R., Bydder, G.M. (1986). Some Observations on NMR Imaging Particularly in Lower Fields. In: Bradbury, E.M., Nicolini, C. (eds) NMR in the Life Sciences. NATO ASI Series, vol 107. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8178-5_15

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