On the voxel size and magnetic field strength dependence of spectral resolution in magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 222-232

  Fleysher, Roman ^a   Fleysher, Lazar ^a   Liu, Songtao ^a   Gonen, Oded ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast to noise ratio (CNR); High magnetic field; MR spectroscopy (MRS); Signal acquisition; Spatial resolution; Spectral resolution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NOMOGRAM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 59249090687     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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