Resolution and contrast in magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography (MREIT) and its application to cancer imaging

Technology in Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 599-609

  Muftuler, L Tugan ^a   Hamamura, Mark ^a   Birgul, Ozlem ^a   Nalcioglu, Orhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer imaging; Electrical Impedance Tomography; MRI

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11144291548     PISSN: 15330346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153303460400300610     Document Type: Article

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