Effects of static and radiofrequency magnetic field inhomogeneity in ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-112

  Truong, Trong Kha ^a,b   Chakeres, Donald W ^a   Beversdorf, David Q ^a   Scharre, Douglas W ^a   Schmalbrock, Petra ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human brain; Radiofrequency magnetic field; Static magnetic field; Ultra high field MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN MAPPING; CADAVER; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIO WAVES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 31744439813     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2005.09.013     Document Type: Article

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