Test objects for MRI quality assurance based on polymer gels

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1405-1408

  Gore, J C ^a   Maryanski, M J ^b   Schulz, R J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MGS Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; APPLICATION PROGRAMS; CROSSLINKING; GELS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERS; PROGRAM DIAGNOSTICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIATION EFFECTS; TESTING; X RAYS;

CONTRAST-DETAIL DIAGRAM; IMAGE PERFORMANCE; IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS; NMR RELAXATION RATES; SENSITIVE POLYMERS; SPATIAL MODULATIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TESTING PROGRAMS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARTICLE RADIATION; PHANTOM; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TECHNICAL AID; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030798230     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598029     Document Type: Article

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