Open AccessImpact of field strength and RF excitation on abdominal diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging
Author(s) -
Philipp Riffel,
Raghuram Rao,
Stefan Haneder,
Mathias Meyer,
Stefan O. Schoenberg,
Henrik J. Michaely
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
world journal of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1949-8470
DOI - 10.4329/wjr.v5.i9.334
Subject(s) - ghosting , medicine , image quality , artifact (error) , nuclear medicine , imaging phantom , magnetic resonance imaging , scanner , diffusion mri , radiology , artificial intelligence , computer science , image (mathematics)
To retrospectively and prospectively compare diffusion-weighted (DW) images in the abdomen in a 1.5T system and 3.0T systems with and without two-channel functionality for B1 shimming.