Methodology for improved detection of low concentration metabolites in MRS: Optimised combination of signals from multi-element coil arrays

NeuroImage

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-42

  Hall, Emma L ^a   Stephenson, Mary C ^a   Price, Darren ^a   Morris, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MRI; MRS; Multi element receive coil; SNR

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FRONTAL CORTEX; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTON RADIATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

MRI; MRS; MULTI-ELEMENT RECEIVE COIL; SNR;

ALGORITHMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84891625929     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.04.077     Document Type: Article

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