Title

Frequent Pattern Discovery In Multiple Biological Networks: Patterns And Algorithms

Keywords

3 Tesla (T); Magnetic field strength (B0); MR imaging; Radio frequency (RF) transmission; Signal/noise ratio (SNR); Specific absorption rate (SAR); Spine; T1 FLAIR

Abstract

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging at 3 T has proved superior to 1.5 T in the brain for detecting numerous pathologic entities including hemosiderin, tiny metastases, subtle demyelinating plaques, active demyelinating plaques, and some epileptogenic foci, as well as small aneurysms with MR angiography. 3 T is superior to most advanced imaging techniques including diffusion, diffusion tensor imaging, perfusion, spectroscopy and functional MR imaging. The increased signal/noise ratio at 3 T permits higher spatial resolution. Initially spine imaging at 3 T proved more difficult with less successful results. During the past 7 years, technological advances in magnet and surface coil design as well as improved radio frequency transmitters and pulse sequence design in combination with the large body of knowledge accrued by radiologists and physicists during a nine year experience with clinical imaging of the spine with the doubled B0, has resulted in 3 T MRI of the spine achieving a reputation similar to that for brain imaging. © 2012.

Publication Date

5-1-2012

Publication Title

Statistics in Biosciences

Volume

4

Issue

2

Number of Pages

157-176

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12561-011-9047-0

Socpus ID

84860451941 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84860451941

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