Construction and calibration of a 50 T/m z-gradient coil for quantitative diffusion microimaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-25

  Wright, A C ^a   Bataille, H ^a   Ong, H H ^a   Wehrli, S L ^b   Song, H K ^a   Wehrli, F W ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Gradient coil; NMR microimaging; q space; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; POLYSTYRENES; TISSUE;

GRADIENT COIL; NMR MICROIMAGING; Q-SPACE; SPINAL CORD;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; STANDARD; TRANSDUCER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETICS; MICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD; TRANSDUCERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247519236     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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