Echo-Planar Imaging (definition)

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Definition: A type of MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING that uses only one nuclear spin excitation per image and therefore can obtain images in a fraction of a second rather than the minutes required in traditional MRI techniques. It is used in a variety of medical and scientific applications.

a type of magnetic resonance imaging; for coord see note on MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

Other names Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Echo-Planar; MR Tomography, Echo-Planar; Tomography, Echoplanar MR; Tomography, Echo-Planar MR; Tomographies, Echoplanar MR; Tomographies, Echo-Planar MR; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Echo Planar; MR Tomography, Echo Planar; MR Tomographies, Echoplanar; MR Tomographies, Echo-Planar; Imagings, Echoplanar; Imagings, Echo-Planar; Imaging, Echoplanar; Imaging, Echo-Planar; Echoplanar MR Tomographies; Echoplanar Imagings; Echo-Planar MR Tomographies; Echo-Planar Imagings; Echo Planar Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Echo Planar MR Tomography

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