Development of a composite material phantom mimicking the magnetic resonance parameters of the neonatal brain at 3.0 Tesla

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 739-746

  Orr, Timothy N ^a,b   Paliy, Inna ^a,b   Winter, Jeff ^a,b   Campbell, Gordon ^b,c   Thompson, R Terry ^a,b   Gelman, Neil ^a,b  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3.0 T; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neonatal brain; Phantom; Polyvinyl alcohol cryogel

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZE THAWING; GEL; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAXATION TIME; TEMPERATURE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 36248989851     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e3180ca70e4     Document Type: Article

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