Evaluation of image quality of a 32-channel versus a 12-channel head coil at 1.5T for MR imaging of the brain

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 365-373

  Parikh, P T ^a   Sandhu, G S ^a   Blackham, K A ^a   Coffey, M D ^a   Hsu, D ^a   Liu, K ^b   Jesberger, J ^a   Griswold, M ^a   Sunshine, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Magnetic Resonance Research and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ARTIFACTS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79951601670     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2297     Document Type: Article

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