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Physical Principles and Signal Behaviour in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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Magnetic Resonance in Oncology

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The absorption and emission of radio frequency energy by proton spins in external magnetic fields are the basis of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

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  1. Abteilung Radiologie, Klinikum Passau, Lehrkrankenhaus der Technischen Universität München, Bischof-Piligrim-Strasse 1, Passau, 8390, Federal Republic of Germany

    H. Kett & C. Prüll

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  1. Institut und Poliklinik für Strahlentherapie und Radiologische Onkologie, Der Technischen Universität München, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Ismaninger Straße 15, München 80, 8000, Germany

    Alfred Breit

  2. Department of Radiology, Universitaire Ziekenhuizen, Herestraat 49, Leuven, 3000, Belgium

    Albert L. Baert

  3. Abteilung Radiologie Universitätsklinikum Rudolf Virchow, Standort Charlottenburg, Freie Universität Berlin, Spandauer Damm 130, Berlin 19, 1000, Germany

    Ronald Felix

  4. Sezione RMN — Urologia Linfografia, Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Via Venezian 1, Milano, 20133, Italy

    Renato Musumeci

  5. Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Institut für Nuklearmedizin, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, Heidelberg 1, 6900, Germany

    Wolfhard Semmler

  6. Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 3333, New Haven, 06510, CT, USA

    Gordon Sze

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Kett, H., Prüll, C. (1990). Physical Principles and Signal Behaviour in Magnetic Resonance Imaging. In: Breit, A., Baert, A.L., Felix, R., Musumeci, R., Semmler, W., Sze, G. (eds) Magnetic Resonance in Oncology. ESO Monographs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74706-9_2

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