Design, evaluation and application of an eight channel transmit/receive coil array for cardiac MRI at 7.0 T

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 752-759

  Gräßl, Andreas ^a   Winter, Lukas ^a   Thalhammer, Christof ^a   Renz, Wolfgang ^a,b   Kellman, Peter ^c   Martin, Conrad ^a   Von Knobelsdorff Brenkenhoff, Florian ^a,d,e   Tkachenko, Valeriy ^e   Schulz Menger, Jeanette ^a,d,e   Niendorf, Thoralf ^a,e  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HELIOS KLINIKUM BERLIN BUCH   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular MRI; Parallel imaging; Transceiver array; Ultrahigh field MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; PATIENT COMFORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVE COIL ARRAY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MAGNETICS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; TRANSDUCERS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84875701049     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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