Possibilities and limitations for high resolution small animal MRI on a clinical whole-body 3T scanner

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 233-244

  Herrmann, Karl Heinz ^a   Schmidt, Silvio ^a   Kretz, Alexandra ^a   Haenold, Ronny ^b   Krumbein, Ines ^a   Metzler, Martin ^a   Gaser, Christian ^a   Witte, Otto W ^a   Reichenbach, Jürgen R ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 T; Clinical scanner; High spatial resolution; MEMRI; Morphometry; MRI; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MOUSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84862000843     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-011-0284-5     Document Type: Article

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