Magnetic resonance imaging at 3.0 Tesla: Challenges and advantages in clinical neurological imaging

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 385-402

  Frayne, Richard ^a   Goodyear, Bradley G ^b   Dickhoff, Peter ^b   Lauzon, M Louis ^b   Sevick, Robert J ^b  

^a FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

3.0 T MR; Magnetic resonance; Neuroradiology; Technical issues; Very high field MR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CEREBELLUM INFARCTION; DEVICE COMPATIBILITY; ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING COIL; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MECHANICS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEURORADIOLOGY; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PONTINE CAVERNOMA; POWER DEPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RELAXATION TIME; SAFETY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; VERY HIGH FIELD NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0038236731     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rli.0000073442.88269.c9     Document Type: Article

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