Stretchable coil arrays: Application to knee imaging under varying flexion angles

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 872-879

  Nordmeyer Massner, J A ^a   De Zanche, N ^a   Pruessmann, K P ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

braided conductor; elastic fabric; knee MRI; SNR; wearable electronics

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TEXTILES; WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY;

BRAIDED CONDUCTOR; ELASTIC FABRICS; HIGH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; IN-VIVO IMAGING; PATIENT COMFORT; SHAPE AND SIZE; TEXTILE SUBSTRATES; UNIFORM COVERAGE;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRETCHABLE COIL ARRAY;

EID: 84857362698     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23240     Document Type: Article

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