Measurement of weak electric currents in copper wire phantoms using MRI: Influence of susceptibility enhancement

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 124-133

  Huang, Ruiwang ^a   Posnansky, Oleg ^a   Celik, Abdullah ^a   Oros Peusquens, Ana Maria ^a   Ermer, Veronika ^a   Irkens, Marco ^a   Wegener, H Peter ^a   Shah, N Jon ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Magnetic susceptibility artefacts; Neuronal currents; Weak electric currents

Indexed keywords

COPPER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTRIC CURRENT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAVEFORM;

ARTIFACTS; COPPER; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33747143073     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-006-0035-1     Document Type: Article

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