Image brightening in samples of high dielectric constant

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 12-24

  Tropp, James ^a  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HAMILTONIANS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; PROTONS; RESONATORS; VECTORS;

DIELECTRIC RESONANCE; IMAGE BRIGHTENING; SKIN EFFECTS;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMPEDANCE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIO WAVES; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 1242264843     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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