Improvement of SNR and acquisition acceleration using a 32-channel head coil compared to a 12-channel head coil at 3T

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 702-708

  Reiss Zimmermann, Martin ^a   Gutberlet, Marcel ^b   Köstler, Herbert ^c   Fritzsch, Dominik ^a   Hoffmann, Karl Titus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artifacts; Brain; MRI

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACCELERATION FACTORS; ARTIFACTS; FIELD STRENGTHS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; NOISE ENHANCEMENT; PARALLEL ACQUISITION; SEQUENCE OPTIMIZATION; TECHNICAL ADVANCES;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; MRI;

BRAIN MAPPING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84886623578     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185113479051     Document Type: Article

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