Noise analysis in magnetic resonance electrical impedance tomography at 3 and 11 T field strengths

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 875-884

  Sadleir, Rosalind ^a   Grant, Samuel ^b   Sung, Uk Zhang ^a   Byung, Il Lee ^c   Hyun, Chan Pyo ^c   Suk, Hoon Oh ^c   Park, Chunjae ^c   Eung, Je Woo ^c,d   Soo, Yeol Lee ^c   Kwon, Ohin ^d   Jin, Keun Seo ^e  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance tomography; Magnetic flux density; MREIT; MRI; Noise analysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

DENSITY IMAGES; FIELD STRENGTHS; INJECTED CURRENT; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEMS; MAIN MAGNETIC FIELDS; NOISE ANALYSE; NOISE LEVELS; VOXEL SIZE;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 23744480289     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 09673334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/26/5/023     Document Type: Article

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