Lipid suppression for brain MRI and MRSI by means of a dedicated crusher coil

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2062-2068

  Boer, Vincent O ^a   Van De Lindt, Tessa ^a   Luijten, Peter R ^a   Klomp, Dennis W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

7T; high field; lipid suppression; MRSI; spectroscopic imaging

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

GRADIENT ECHO IMAGING; HIGH FIELD; INHOMOGENEOUS MAGNETIC FIELD; LIPID SUPPRESSIONS; MRSI; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SELECTIVE EXCITATIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGING;

CRUSHERS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; HUMAN; LIPID BRAIN LEVEL; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OUTER VOLUME CRUSHER COIL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN MAPPING; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN MAPPING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84929653050     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25331     Document Type: Article

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