High-resolution MRI of the carotid arteries using a leaky waveguide transmitter and a high-density receive array at 7 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1186-1193

  Koning, W ^a   Bluemink, J J ^a   Langenhuizen, E A J ^a   Raaijmakers, A J ^a   Andreychenko, A ^a   Van Den Berg, C A T ^a   Luijten, P R ^a   Zwanenburg, J J M ^a   Klomp, D W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

7T; carotid arteries; high field MRI; transmit array; waveguide

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE ANTENNAS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CAROTID ARTERY; HIGH FIELD MRI; HIGH RESOLUTION; LEAKY WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMAL POSITION; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; TRANSMIT ARRAYS; TURBO SPIN ECHOS;

WAVEGUIDES;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH DENSITY RECEIVE ARRAY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEAKY WAVEGUIDE TRANSMITTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION;

EID: 84875367881     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24345     Document Type: Article

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