Functional MRI using multiple receiver coils: BOLD signal changes and signal-to-noise ratio for three-dimensional-PRESTO vs. single shot EPI in comparison to a standard quadrature head coil

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 321-326

  Hesselmann, Volker ^a   Girnus, Ralf ^a   Wedekind, Christoph ^a   Hunsche, Stefan ^a   Bunke, Juergen ^b   Schulte, Oliver ^a   Sorger, Bettina ^a   Lasek, Kathrin ^a   Krug, Barbara ^a   Sturm, Volker ^a   Lackner, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

BOLD; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Intraoperative imaging; Phased array; Signal to noise; Stereotaxy; Techniques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINGLE SHOT ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 3242800441     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20101     Document Type: Article

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