Fast 1H spectroscopic imaging using a multi-element head-coil array

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-193

  Schäffter, Tobias ^a,b   Börnert, Peter ^a   Leussler, Christoph ^a   Carlsen, Ingwer C ^a   Leibfritz, Dieter ^c  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c Hamburg ^*

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging; Phased array coils; Signal combination

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLITES;

ACQUISITION TIME; LIPID SUPPRESSIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; N-ACETYLASPARTATE; PHASED ARRAY COILS; SIGNAL COMBINATION; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING; SPECTROSCOPIC RESOLUTION;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CHOLINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; CREATINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N-ACETYLASPARTATE; PROTON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN METABOLISM; CEPHALOMETRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; BRAIN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; CHOLINE; CREATINE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHOCREATINE; PROTONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031596015     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910400204     Document Type: Article

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