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PHASE ENCODING GRADIENT [1 record]

Record 1 1986-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Medicine
CONT

By applying a field gradient the precession frequency of the protons increases with the local magnetic field. The phase angle increases by an amount that is typical for the position of the voxels along the gradient axis (...). For obvious reasons, this type of gradient is called the "phase-encoding" gradient.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine nucléaire
CONT

Pour comprendre comment est construite une image en RMN, considérons un objet plan situé dans un plan vertical. Un gradient de champ magnétique, appelé gradient de lecture (...), est appliqué suivant une direction de ce plan.

Spanish

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