Characterization of Phase-Based Methods Used for Transmission Field Uniformity Mapping: A Magnetic Resonance Study at 3.0 T and 7.0 T

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Carinci, Flavio ^a,b   Santoro, Davide ^a   von Samson Himmelstjerna, Federico ^a,c,d   Da Lindel, Tomaszwid ^a,e   Dieringer, Matthias Alexander ^a   Niendorf, Thoralf ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Research Center Magnetic Resonance Bavaria (MRB)   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d FRAUNHOFER MEVIS   (Germany)

^e Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; DYNAMICS; ELECTRODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MAPPING METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; PHASE BASED METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ALGORITHM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICES; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 84874586472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057982     Document Type: Article

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