@article {178,
	title = {OFF-RESONANCE BINOMIAL COMPOSITE PULSES IN 2D AND 3D FAT WATER IMAGING AT 0.5 T},
	journal = {British Journal of Radiology},
	volume = {68},
	number = {806},
	year = {1995},
	note = {Times Cited: 4},
	pages = {134-140},
	abstract = {A new method of acquiring two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) fat/water decomposed images on a 0.5 T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system is described. The method uses a gradient-recalled echo (GRE) sequence incorporating a composite 1(2) over bar1$ pulse, originally used for magnetization transfer contrast (MTC) experiments, for frequency-selective pre-saturation. By applying the 1(2) over bar1$ pulse off resonance, a sharp discrimination between the chemically shifted water and fat signals may be obtained using a composite pulse as short as 4 ms. Phantom studies demonstrate that suppression ratios as high as 50:1 are achievable. The new method has been applied to volunteers and patients, and good fat/water images of limb, abdomen, head and neck obtained. The new method can be incorporated into other pulse sequences related to GRE, such as phase contrast (PC) and time-of-flight (TOF), and represents the first practical (i.e. rapid) method for 3D fat/water imaging at an operating held as low as 0.5 T.},
	isbn = {0007-1285},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://WOS:A1995QG26400007},
	author = {Zhu, X. P. and Hutchinson, C. E. and Chilvers, P. B. and Morris, Gareth A. and Hawnaur, J. M. and Taylor, C. J.}
}
