Open Journal of Radiology
Vol.8 No.4(2018), Paper ID 88688, 16
pages
DOI:10.4236/ojrad.2018.84028
iShim and Water Excitation Improves the Signal-to-Noise Ratio on q-Space Imaging: A Single-Center Clinical Study
Yoshifumi Sone, Junichi Hata, Yasushi Sera, Katsuya Maruyama, Thomas Benkert, Zhouchen Lu, Jun Kasahara, Hideyuki Okano, Morio Matsumoto, Masaya Nakamura, Daisuke Nakashima, Takeo Nagura
Medical Scanning Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kanagawa, Japan
Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Riken Brain Science Institute, Saitama, Japan
Institute for Integrated Sports Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
MR Research & Collaboration Department, Diagnostic Imaging Business Area, Siemens Healthcare K.K., Tokyo, Japan
Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, Germany
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Copyright © 2018 Yoshifumi Sone, Junichi Hata, Yasushi Sera, Katsuya Maruyama, Thomas Benkert, Zhouchen Lu, Jun Kasahara, Hideyuki Okano, Morio Matsumoto, Masaya Nakamura, Daisuke Nakashima, Takeo Nagura et al. This is
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How to Cite this Article
Sone, Y. , Hata, J. , Sera, Y. , Maruyama, K. , Benkert, T. , Lu, Z. , Kasahara, J. , Okano, H. , Matsumoto, M. , Nakamura, M. , Nakashima, D. and Nagura, T. (2018) iShim and Water Excitation Improves the Signal-to-Noise Ratio on q-Space Imaging: A Single-Center Clinical Study.
Open Journal of Radiology,
8, 244-259. doi:
10.4236/ojrad.2018.84028.