Comparison of three commercially available radio frequency coils for human brain imaging at 3 Tesla

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Mekle, Ralf ^a,b   Van Der Zwaag, Wietske ^a,b   Joosten, Andreas ^a   Gruetter, Rolf ^a,b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

B1 field; High field MRI; RF coil; SNR; TEM coil

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROMAGNETICS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION; RADIO WAVES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOFTWARE;

EID: 41849093427     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-007-0100-4     Document Type: Article

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