Relative RF coil performance in carotid imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 629-639

  Hadley, J Rock ^a   Roberts, John A ^a   Goodrich, K Craig ^a   Buswell, Henry R ^a   Parker, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotid artery imaging; Magnetic resonance angiography; RF coils; Signal to noise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CAROTID ARTERIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 22744438277     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2005.04.009     Document Type: Article

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