Technical challenges and opportunities of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging at 3 T

Physica Medica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 63-70

  Machann, Jürgen ^a   Schlemmer, Heinz Peter ^a   Schick, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 Tesla; Clinical applications; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; MR high field applications; MR physics; Whole body imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; WHOLE BODY MRI;

BIOPHYSICS; HEART; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 44649109525     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2008.01.011     Document Type: Article

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