Magnetic resonance imaging - The Aberdeen perspective on developments in the early years

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Mallard, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON RESONANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOACTIVITY;

BODY TISSUES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGES; ELECTRON MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEDICAL FRATERNITY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; SERUM ALBUMIN I 131;

BODY WATER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MACHINE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCOTLAND;

EID: 33745501731     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/13/R04     Document Type: Review

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