A volume adjustable four-coil phased array for high resolution MR imaging of the hip

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 59-64

  Kwok, Wingchi E ^a   Lo, Koon K ^a   Seo, G ^a   Totterman, Saara M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Custom built RF coil; Fractures MRI; MRI physics; Phased array coil

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HIP FRACTURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; EVALUATION STUDIES; HIP; HIP FRACTURES; HIP INJURIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0032738208     PISSN: 13528661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-8661(99)00045-9     Document Type: Article

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