Comparison of different cardiac MRI sequences at 1.5 T/3.0 T with respect to signal-to-noise and contrast-to-noise ratios - Initial experience

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Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 801-808

  Gutberlet, Matthias ^a   Spors, B ^a   Grothoff, M ^a   Freyhardt, P ^a   Schwinge, K ^a   Plotkin, M ^a   Amthauer, H ^a   Noeske, R ^b   Felix, R ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GE Medical Systems   (Germany)

Author keywords

3.0 T cardiac imaging; Fast spin echo; Steady state free precession (SSFP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEART; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 3042540374     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-813220     Document Type: Article

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