Improved signal to noise in proton spectroscopy of the human calf muscle at 7 T using localized B1 calibration

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 207-211

  Versluis, Maarten J ^a   Kan, Hermien E ^a   Van Buchem, Mark A ^a   Webb, Andrew G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

7 T; Calf muscle; Coil; Partial volume; Proton spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; CALIBRATION; MUSCLE;

CALF MUSCLE; COIL; CONVENTIONAL POWER; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; PARTIAL VOLUMES; POWER OPTIMIZATION; RADIO-FREQUENCY FIELDS; RADIO-FREQUENCY PULSE;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POWER ANALYSIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 73349142956     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22195     Document Type: Article

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