Signal-to-noise ratio and MR tissue parameters in human brain imaging at 3, 7, and 9.4 tesla using current receive coil arrays

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 801-809

  Pohmann, Rolf ^a   Speck, Oliver ^b,c,d,e,f   Scheffler, Klaus ^a,f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

relaxation times; signal to noise ratio; ultra high field

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; RELAXATION TIME;

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIELD STRENGTHS; HUMAN SUBJECTS; PARALLEL IMAGING; RELAXATION TIMES; SEQUENCE PARAMETERS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); ULTRA-HIGH FIELDS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ACCELERATION; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN MAPPING; DEVICES; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING PHANTOM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84957111417     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25677     Document Type: Article

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