Breathhold imaging of the upper abdomen using a circular polarized-array coil: Comparison with standard body coil imaging

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-104

  Gauger, J ^a   Holzknecht, N G ^a   Lackerbauer, C A ^a   Sittek, H ^a   Fiedler, K E ^a   Petsch, R ^b   Reiser, M ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Magnetic resonance artifact; Magnetic resonance coil arrays; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VOLUNTEER;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESPIRATION;

EID: 0029823922     PISSN: 13528661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01772516     Document Type: Article

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