MRI visualization of small structures using improved surface coils

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-166

  Rivera, Manuel ^a   Vaquero, Juan José ^a,b   Santos, Andrés ^a   Ruiz Cabello, Jesús ^c   Del Pozo, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO PLURIDISCIPLINAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

High resolution MRI; Inductively coupled coils; Low noise images; Surface coil

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; IMAGE QUALITY; NOISE REDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC NERVE; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032006601     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(97)00273-7     Document Type: Article

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