A real-time 3D large field-of-view MRI system with interactive table motion

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 28-41

  Sabati, M ^a,b   Lauzon, M L ^a,b   Nagarajappa, N ^a,b   Frayne, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FOOTHILLS HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuously moving table techniques; Interactive MR; Large FOV MR; Moving table MR; Real time imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644909301     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20053     Document Type: Article

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