Polarization encoding as a novel approach to MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-216

  Nieminen, Jaakko O ^a,b   Burghoff, Martin ^b   Trahms, Lutz ^b   Ilmoniemi, Risto J ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

MRI; Sensor array; Signal encoding; Ultra low field MRI

Indexed keywords

DC MAGNETIZATION; ENCODING METHODS; FOURIER; LOW FIELD MRI; MICROTESLA FIELDS; MRI; POLARIZATION ENCODING; POLARIZING FIELDS; PREPOLARIZATION; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL ACQUISITIONS; SPATIAL PROFILES; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE; ULTRA-LOW FIELD;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLARIZATION; RESONANCE; SENSOR ARRAYS; SIGNAL ENCODING; SQUIDS;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

PROTON;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 72449188765     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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