Massively parallel MRI detector arrays

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 229, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-89

  Keil, Boris ^a,b   Wald, Lawrence L ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Parallel imaging; Phased array; RF coil; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

DETECTOR ARRAYS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIGH-SENSITIVITY; HIGHLY PARALLELS; MASSIVELY PARALLELS; PARALLEL IMAGING; RF COIL; THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHM; AMPLIFIER; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NECK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; ANIMALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NECK; RADIO WAVES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84875222436     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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