High-resolution black-blood MRI of the carotid vessel wall using phased-array coils at 1.5 and 3 tesla

Academic Radiology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1521-1526

  Anumula, Seshasailaja ^a   Song, Hee Kwon ^a   Wright, Alexander C ^a   Wehrli, Felix W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Tesla; Carotid arteries; High field MRI; Phased array coils; SNR

Indexed keywords

ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPEDANCE; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STANDARD;

EID: 28444451138     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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