Simple RF design for human functional and morphological cardiac imaging at 7 tesla

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-166

  Versluis, M J ^a   Tsekos, N ^b   Smith, N B ^a   Webb, A G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Cine sequences; Coronary artery; High field MRI; RF coil

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC IMAGING; CINE SEQUENCES; CORONARY ARTERY; HIGH-FIELD MRI; RF COIL;

ARTICLE; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

CORONARY VESSELS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLARY MUSCLES;

EID: 68049103048     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2009.06.014     Document Type: Article

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