A segment-interleaved motion-compensated acquisition in the steady state (SIMCAST) technique for high resolution imaging of the inner ear

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1060-1068

  Kurucay, Saban ^a   Schmalbrock, Petra ^a   Chakeres, Donald W ^a   Keller, Paul J ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

High resolution; Inner ear; Segmented acquisition; Steady state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INNER EAR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STEADY STATE;

ADULT; EAR, INNER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0031403931     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880070619     Document Type: Article

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