3 T MRI in paediatrics: Challenges and clinical applications

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 309-319

  Dagia, Charuta ^a   Ditchfield, Michael ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

3 T MRI; Artefacts; High field MRI; Paediatric MRI

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

3 T MRI; ARTEFACTS; ARTERIAL SPIN; BILIARY SYSTEMS; BRACHIAL PLEXUSES; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL APPLICATIONS; FUNCTIONAL MRI; HIGH FIELD MRI; HIGH FIELDS; IMAGING; INHOMOGENEITY; INNER EARS; MR SPECTROSCOPIES; PAEDIATRIC MRI; PRACTICAL; SAFETY ISSUES; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATES; TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; TRADE OFFS; VASCULAR SYSTEMS; WHOLE BODIES;

PEDIATRICS;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WHOLE BODY MRI; ARTIFACT; CHILD; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTIFACTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 54149097713     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2008.05.019     Document Type: Article

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