Signal-to-noise ratio comparison between surface coils and implanted coils

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 727-733

  Arnder, Lance L ^a   Shattuck, Mark D ^b   Black, Robert D ^b   Fitzsimons, Elaine G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

implanted coils; magnetic resonance microscopy; signal to noise (SNR); surface coils

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS;

CONDUCTING MEDIUM; GELATIN PHANTOMS; IMPLANTED COILS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC VECTOR POTENTIALS; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SIMPLIFIED EXPRESSIONS; SURFACE COILS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0029915548     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910350514     Document Type: Article

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