Dual-source parallel radiofrequency excitation body MR imaging compared with standard MR imaging at 3.0 T: Initial clinical experience

Radiology

Volumn 256, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 966-975

  Willinek, Winfried A ^a   Gieseke, Jürgen ^a,b   Kukuk, Guido M ^a   Nelles, Michael ^a   König, Roy ^a   Morakkabati Spitz, Nuschin ^a   Träber, Frank ^a   Thomas, Daniel ^a   Kuhl, Christiane K ^a   Schild, Hans H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DUAL SOURCE PARALLEL RADIOFREQUENCY EXCITATION BODY MRI; DYSMENORRHEA; EXCITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; ISCHIALGIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; UTERUS MYOMA; WHOLE BODY MRI; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTIFACTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LIVER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIO WAVES; SPINE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77956096409     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10092127     Document Type: Article

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