High spatial resolution quantitative MR images: An experimental study of dedicated surface coils

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2843-2855

  Gensanne, D ^a,b   Josse, G ^b   Lagarde, J M ^b   Vincensini, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE PIERRE FABRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NOISE ABATEMENT; SCANNING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TANTALUM COMPOUNDS; TISSUE; VIRUSES;

PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; SURFACE COILS; TISSUE ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIPODYSTROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ARTIFACTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 33744802214     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/11/011     Document Type: Article

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