Improved B 1 homogeneity of 3 tesla breast MRI using dual-source parallel radiofrequency excitation

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1222-1226

  Rahbar, Habib ^a   Partridge, Savannah C ^a   DeMartini, Wendy B ^a   Gutierrez, Robert L ^a   Parsian, Sana ^a   Lehman, Constance D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Tesla; B1 dual source parallel RF excitation; Breast MRI; Multitransmit dual source parallel RF transmission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST EXAMINATION; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUAL SOURCE PARALLEL RADIOFREQUENCY EXCITATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 84859791186     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.23571     Document Type: Article

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