Measuring the effect of field strength on noise amplification factor

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-59

  Kelley, Douglas A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High field imaging; Parallel imaging; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947525707     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20077     Document Type: Article

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