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c	Magnetic Susceptibility	Magnetic Susceptibility Susceptibility Artifact

f	Phase angle	Phase Phase Coherence Phase Encoding

g	Gyromagnetic ratio	Gyromagnetic Ratio Larmor Equation

m	micro (10^-6)

n	Resonance frequency in Hertz	Hertz Frequency Resonance Frequency Isocenter

p	3.14159...	Frequency Angular Frequency Radian

q	Rotation angle	Precession Pulse Length Ernst Angle

v	Angular Frequency	Angular Frequency

w	Resonance frequency in radians per second	Angular Frequency

k	Proportionality constant	Proportionality Constant

A	Anterior	Anterior Orientation

Ã…	Angstrom (10^-10 meters)	Angstrom

B₁	The radio frequency magnetic field

B_1R	Receive B₁ magnetic field	Transmit Receive Coil Magnetic Field Gradient Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Signal

B_1T	Transmit B₁ magnetic field	Radio Frequency Magnetic Field Magnetic Field Gradient Gradient Coil

B_o	Static magnetic field	B0 Hardware Inhomogeneity Field Strength

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