MR imaging of the female pelvis at 3 Tesla: Evaluation of image homogeneity using different dielectric pads

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1572-1577

  Kataoka, Masako ^a,b   Isoda, Hiroyoshi ^a   Maetani, Yoji ^a   Nakamoto, Yuji ^a   Koyama, Takashi ^c   Umeoka, Shigeaki ^d   Tamai, Ken ^a   Kido, Aki ^a   Morisawa, Nobuko ^a   Saga, Tsuneo ^e   Togashi, Kaori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d JAPANESE RED CROSS WAKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 Tesla; Dielectric effect; High magnetic field; MRI; Pelvis

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CHLORIDES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GELS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; PELVIS;

EID: 37349125546     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21173     Document Type: Article

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