Results for diffusion-weighted imaging with a fourth-channel gradient insert

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1798-1808

  Feldman, Rebecca E ^a   Scholl, Timothy J ^b,c   Alford, Jamu K ^b   Handler, William B ^b   Harris, Chad T ^b   Chronik, Blaine A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 Tesla; diffusion weighted imaging; gradient coil design

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DIFFUSION; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; SIGNAL ENCODING;

3 TESLA; CHANNEL GRADIENTS; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; GRADIENT COIL; INSERT COIL; MOTION ARTIFACT; NON-CYLINDRICAL; SIGNAL QUALITY;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DEVICE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURTH CHANNEL GRADIENT COIL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOTION; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 81355161602     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22971     Document Type: Article

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