Noise amplification in parallel whole-head ultra-low-field magnetic resonance imaging using 306 detectors

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 595-600

  Lin, Fa Hsuan ^a,b   Vesanen, Panu T ^b   Nieminen, Jaakko O ^b   Hsu, Yi Cheng ^a   Zevenhoven, Koos C J ^b   Dabek, Juhani ^b   Parkkonen, Lauri T ^b   Zhdanov, Andrey ^b   Ilmoniemi, Risto J ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

conjugated gradient; g factor; magnetoencephalography; MEG MRI; parallel MRI; SENSE; ultra low field MRI

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MAGNETOMETERS; MOLLUSCS; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; SHELLFISH; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

CONJUGATED GRADIENT; G FACTORS; MEG MRIS; PARALLEL MRI; SENSE; ULTRA-LOW-FIELD MRIS;

SQUIDS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; NOISE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSOR; ULTRA LOW FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84881142651     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24479     Document Type: Article

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