A four-element phased array coil for high resolution and parallel MR imaging of the knee

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 961-967

  Kwok, Wingchi E ^a   Zhong, Jianhui ^a   You, Zhigang ^a   Seo, Gwysuk ^a   Totterman, Saara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

High resolution imaging; Knee imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Parallel imaging; Phased array coil

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; KNEE; KNEE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0348010236     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(03)00202-9     Document Type: Article

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