Application of a birdcage coil at 3 Tesla to imaging of the human knee using MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 215-221

  Peterson, David M ^a   Carruthers, Catherine E ^b   Wolverton, Bryan L ^a   Meister, Keith ^a   Werner, Michelle ^c   Duensing, G Randy ^a,d   Fitzsimmons, Jeffrey R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Tesla; Birdcage; Cartilage; High field; Knee; Radial striations in articular cartilage; Transceive

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COILS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

3 TESLA; ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; BIRDCAGE; HIGH FIELD; KNEE; TRANSCEIVE;

CARTILAGE;

ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; DEVICE; HUMAN; KNEE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0032839547     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199908)42:2<215::AID-MRM1>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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