Nineteen-channel receive array and four-channel transmit array coil for cervical spinal cord imaging at 7T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 291-300

  Zhao, Wei ^a,b   Cohen Adad, Julien ^c   Polimeni, Jonathan R ^a,b   Keil, Boris ^a,b   Guerin, Bastien ^a,b   Setsompop, Kawin ^a,b   Serano, Peter ^a,b   Mareyam, Azma ^a,b   Hoecht, Philipp ^d   Wald, Lawrence L ^a,b,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cervical spinal cord MRI; high field MRI; receive array; RF coil; transmit array

Indexed keywords

RADIOLOGY; TISSUE;

CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; HIGH FIELD MRI; RECEIVE ARRAY; RF COIL; TRANSMIT ARRAYS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; SPINE; SPINE COIL; CERVICAL VERTEBRA; DEVICES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RADIO WAVES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 84902539516     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24911     Document Type: Article

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