Sensitivity of an eight-element phased array coil in 3 tesla MR imaging: A basic analysis

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-181

  Hiratsuka, Yoshiyasu ^a   Miki, Hitoshi ^a   Kikuchi, Keiichi ^a   Kiriyama, Ikuko ^a   Mochizuki, Teruhito ^a   Takahashi, Shizue ^b   Sadamoto, Kazuhiko ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Washokai Sadamoto Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

3T MRI; Eight channel phased array coil; Image uniformity; Sensitivity; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

SILICONE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STANDARD;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SILICONE OILS;

EID: 39549094092     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.6.177     Document Type: Article

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