Whole-body MRI at high field: Technical limits and clinical potential

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 946-959

  Schick, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dielectric effects; High fieldmagnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Whole body imaging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT;

ARTIFACT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; WHOLE BODY SCANNER; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICS; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 22844444193     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2678-0     Document Type: Review

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