Uniform prostate imaging and spectroscopy at 7 T: Comparison between a microstrip array and an endorectal coil

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 358-365

  Van den Bergen, Bob ^a   Klomp, Dennis W J ^a   Raaijmakers, Alexander J E ^a   de Castro, Catalina Arteaga ^a   Boer, Vincent O ^a   Kroeze, Hugo ^a   Luijten, Peter R ^a   Lagendijk, Jan J W ^a   Van den Berg, Cornelis A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

7T MRI; Endorectal coil; Microstrip array; Prostate imaging; RF safety

Indexed keywords

7T MRI; ENDORECTAL COIL; MICROSTRIP ARRAYS; PROSTATE IMAGING; RF SAFETY;

ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; SPIN POLARIZATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADIABATICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDORECTAL COIL; HUMAN; MICROSTRIP ARRAY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIOFREQUENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROSTATE; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79959601701     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1599     Document Type: Article

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