Dual-source parallel RF transmission for clinical MR imaging of the spine at 3.0 T: Intraindividual comparison with conventional single-source transmission

Radiology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 743-753

  Nelles, Michael ^a   König, Roy S ^a   Gieseke, Jürgen ^a,b   Guerand van Battum, Marjolijn M ^b   Kukuk, Guido M ^a   Schild, Hans H ^a   Willinek, Winfried A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EXCITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIO WAVES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 78649647808     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10092146     Document Type: Article

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