Comparing real-world advantages for the clinical neuroradiologist between a high field (3 T), a phased array (1.5 T) vs. a single-channel 1.5-T MR system

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-24

  Orbach, Darren B ^a   Wu, Chris ^a   Law, Meng ^a   Babb, James S ^a   Lee, Ray ^a   Padua, Abraham ^b   Knopp, Edmond A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

3 T MR; High field MRI; Image quality; Phased array; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNET; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 33745728337     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20612     Document Type: Article

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