MR imaging of cardiac wall-motion at 1.5T and 7T: SNR and CNR comparison
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S. Maderwald, K. Nassenstein, S. Orzada, L. C. Schäfer, M. Oehmigen, A. K. Bitz, O. Kraff, I. Brote, S. C. Ladd, M. E. Ladd, and H. H. Quick Erwin L. Hahn Institute for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Essen, Germany, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany, Institute of Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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تاریخ انتشار 2009