B0 mapping with multi-channel RF coils at high field

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 976-988

  Robinson, Simon ^a,b   Jovicich, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

3 T; 4 T; 7 T; distortion correction; field map; multichannel coil

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; MAPPING; PHASE MATCHING; PILES; SEPARATION;

CORRECTION OF DISTORTION; DISTORTION CORRECTION; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HIGH-FIELD APPLICATIONS; LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; MULTICHANNEL; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; ERROR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TECHNIQUE; BRAIN MAPPING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN MAPPING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 80052967457     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22879     Document Type: Article

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