High permittivity pads reduce specific absorption rate, improve B 1 homogeneity, and increase contrast-to-noise ratio for functional cardiac MRI at 3 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1632-1640

  Brink, Wyger M ^a   Webb, Andrew G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

3 T; cardiac; contrast to noise ratio; dielectric; specific absorption rate

Indexed keywords

BARIUM TITANATE; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; HEART; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERMITTIVITY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; CARDIAC; CARDIAC MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HIGH PERMITTIVITY DIELECTRIC; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

BARIUM;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIELECTRIC PAD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THORAX;

3 T; B1 INHOMOGENEITY; CARDIAC; CONTRAST-TO-NOISE RATIO; DIELECTRIC; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTIFACTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEART; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84896546048     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24778     Document Type: Article

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