Hyperpolarized 13C MRS surface coil: Design and signal-to-noise ratio estimation

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 5361-5369

  Giovannetti, Giulio ^a   Frijia, Francesca ^b   Menichetti, Luca ^a,b   Milanesi, Matteo ^b   Ardenkjaer Larsen, Jan Henrik ^c   De Marchi, Daniele ^b   Hartwig, Valentina ^a   Positano, Vincenzo ^b   Landini, Luigi ^a,b,d   Lombardi, Massimo ^b   Santarelli, Maria Filomena ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

magnetic resonance; radiofrequency coils; signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; CHEMICAL SHIFT; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETISM; MAMMALS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; MOLAR CONCENTRATION; MOLAR RATIO; PHANTOMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN ALGORITHMS; HYPERPOLARIZED CARBON-13; INDUCED RESISTANCE; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; RADIO FREQUENCY COILS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO ESTIMATION;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

SUIDAE;

CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICS; SWINE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; CARBON ISOTOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SWINE;

EID: 77957701064     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3491437     Document Type: Article

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