Signal-to-noise ratio improvement of cardiac magnetic resonance spectroscopy signals acquired by phased array coils: A simulation based approach

IET Conference Publications

Volumn , Issue 540 CP, 2008, Pages

  Martini, N ^a,c   Santarelli, M F ^b,c   Milanesi, M ^c   Giovannetti, G ^b   Positano, V ^b,c   Vanello, N ^a   Landini, L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^c Fondazione Toscana G Monasterio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; PCA whitening; Phased array coils; SNR improvement

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION CHANNELS; ACQUISITION STRATEGIES; BIOCHEMICAL INFORMATION; CORRELATED NOISE; IN-VIVO; LOW SNR; METABOLITE CONCENTRATIONS; MR SIGNALS; NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE; NOVEL METHODS; PCA WHITENING; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PHASED ARRAY COILS; RECEIVING COIL; SIMULATION-BASED; SNR IMPROVEMENT;

ACOUSTIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETISM; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 67549084758     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1049/cp:20080445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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