Development of a new RF coil and γ-ray radiation shielding assembly for improved MR image quality in SPECT/MRI

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2495-2504

  Ha, Seunghoon ^a   Hamamura, Mark J ^a   Roeck, Werner W ^a   Muftuler, L Tugan ^a   Nalcioglu, Orhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL STUDIES; COMPOSITE POWDERS; DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; IN-VIVO; INDUCED EDDY CURRENTS; LEAD SHIELDING; MR IMAGES; MR-COMPATIBLE; MULTIMODALITY IMAGING; NUCLEAR DETECTORS; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; Q-FACTORS; RADIO-FREQUENCY COIL; RAY RADIATION; RF COIL; SINGLE-PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SPECT SYSTEM;

EDDY CURRENTS; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; GAMMA RAYS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIO WAVES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 77951163738     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/9/005     Document Type: Article

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