Ex situ endorectal MRI probe for prostate imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1585-1596

  Blank, Aharon ^a   Ish Shalom, Shlomo ^a   Shtirberg, Lazar ^a   Zur, Yuval ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TopSpin Medical (Israel) Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ex situ; Inside out; MRI; NMR; Prostate

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROBES; UROLOGY;

DETAILED DESIGN; EX SITU; IMAGING FIELDS; INSIDE-OUT; PROSTATE; PROSTATE GLANDS; SEMI-CYLINDRICAL SHAPE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DIODE; GEOMETRY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MECHANICAL PROBE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 73149105506     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22151     Document Type: Article

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