Theory and application of array coils in MR spectroscopy

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 394-410

  Wright, Steven M ^a   Wald, Lawrence L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CSI; Phased arrays; RF coils; SNR; Spectroscopic imaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0031425055     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1492(199712)10:8<394::AID-NBM494>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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