An independent multichannel imaging research system for ultrashort echo time imaging on clinical MR systems

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 80-88

  Paley, Martyn N J ^a   Kryukov, Eugeny ^a   Lamperth, Michael ^b   Young, Ian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MRI; Multichannel MR spectrometer; Ultrashort echo time (UTE)

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649881324     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20135     Document Type: Article

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