MRI contrast using solid-state, B1-distorting, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microresonant devices (MRDs)

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 860-866

  Ciocan, Razvan ^a   Lenkinski, Robert E ^b   Bernstein, Jonathan ^c   Bancu, Mirela ^c   Marquis, Robert ^b   Ivanishev, Alex ^b   Kourtelidis, Fotini ^b   Matsui, Aya ^a   Borenstein, Jeffrey ^c   Frangioni, John V ^a,b  

^a Beth Deaconess Medical Center   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

In vivo imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Microelectromechanical systems; Solid state contrast

Indexed keywords

COPPER PLATING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; TANTALUM COMPOUNDS;

IN-VIVO IMAGING; LARMOR FREQUENCIES; MICRO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM (MEMS); MICROELECTROMECHANICAL-SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES; PROOF OF PRINCIPLES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SCANNING MICROSCOPE; SIGNAL GENERATION;

MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; TANTALUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTRAST; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; MICRORESONANT DEVICE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLID STATE;

EID: 66249111098     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21906     Document Type: Article

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