MRI - From basic knowledge to advanced strategies: Hardware

European Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1015-1019

  Carpenter, T A ^a   Williams, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gradients; Hardware; Imaging; Magnet; MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0032619889     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003300050787     Document Type: Review

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