MR spectroscopy using multi-ring surface coils

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 655-664

  King, Scott B ^a,c   Ryner, Lawrence N ^a   Tomanek, Boguslaw ^a,b   Sharp, Jonathan C ^a   Smith, Ian C P ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

B1 field homogeneity; Localized MRS; Multi ring surface coil; Signal to noise ratio (SNR)

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLITES;

B1 FIELD; LOCALIZED MRS; METABOLITE CONCENTRATIONS; MR SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIRING; POWER REQUIREMENT; SPATIAL LOCALIZATION; WATER SUPPRESSION;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPECTROSCOPY; THEORY;

EID: 0032833189     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199910)42:4<655::AID-MRM6>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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