Parallel imaging performance as a function of field strength - An experimental investigation using electrodynamic scaling

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 953-964

  Wiesinger, Florian ^a   Van De Moortele, Pierre Francois ^b   Adriany, Gregor ^b   De Zanche, Nicola ^a   Ugurbil, Kamil ^b   Pruessmann, Klaas P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodynamic scaling; MRI; Parallel imaging; SENSE; Ultra high field

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MAIN MAGNETIC FIELDS; N-METHYLFORMAMIDE; NOISE ENHANCEMENT; PARALLEL IMAGING; RADIO-FREQUENCY FIELDS; SENSE; ULTRA-HIGH FIELDS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALCOHOL; DECANE; N METHYLFORMAMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; GEOMETRY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALLEL DESIGN; RADIOFREQUENCY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 7544231110     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20281     Document Type: Article

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