In vivo MRI using liquid nitrogen cooled phased array coil at 3.0 T

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 819-823

  Kwok, Wingchi E ^a   You, Zhigang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryogenic RF coil; High resolution imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Phased array coil

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; EYE; FINGER; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; JOINT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SKIN; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; NITROGEN; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33745671094     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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