A radiofrequency coil configuration for imaging the human vertebral column at 7 T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-297

  Vossen, M ^a   Teeuwisse, W ^a   Reijnierse, M ^a   Collins, C M ^b   Smith, N B ^a   Webb, A G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

High field RF coils; Phased arrays; Spinal imaging

Indexed keywords

IMAGING PARAMETERS; LARGE FIELD OF VIEWS; PHASED ARRAYS; RADIO FREQUENCY COILS; RF COIL; SPINAL COLUMN; SPINAL IMAGING; VERTEBRAL COLUMN;

RADIOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SPINE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; SPINE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 79151484208     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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