Comparison of volume, four- and eight-channel head coils using standard and parallel imaging

European Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1555-1562

  Gizewski, Elke R ^a,b   Maderwald, Stefan ^a   Wanke, Isabel ^a   Goehde, Susanne ^a   Forsting, Michael ^a   Ladd, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Head coil; MRI; Parallel acquisition techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 23344440049     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-2730-0     Document Type: Article

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