Design and application of a four-channel transmit/receive surface coil for functional cardiac imaging at 7T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 736-741

  Dieringer, Matthias A ^a,b,c   Renz, Wolfgang ^b,d   Lindel, Tomasz ^b,e   Seifert, Frank ^b,e   Frauenrath, Tobias ^b   Von Knobelsdorff Brenkenhoff, Florian ^a,b,c   Waiczies, Helmar ^b,e   Hoffmann, Werner ^b,e   Rieger, Jan ^b   Pfeiffer, Harald ^b,e   Ittermann, Bernd ^b,e   Schulz Menger, Jeanette ^a,b,c   Niendorf, Thoralf ^a,b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c Helios Hospital Berlin Buch   (Germany)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^e PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

7.0 tesla; 7T cardiac imaging; Left ventricular function; RF coil design; Ultrahigh field cardiovascular MRI

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CARDIAC IMAGING; HEART MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; CALIBRATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79952259744     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22451     Document Type: Article

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