The Study on Signal to Noise Ratio of Single-Shot Turbo Spin Echo to Reduce Image Distortion in Brain Stem Diffusion MRI
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Koo, Nohyun
(Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center)
Lee, Hobeom (Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center) Choi, Kwanwoo (Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center) Son, Soonyong (Department of Radiotechnology, Wonkwang Health Science University) Yoo, Beonggyu (Department of Radiotechnology, Wonkwang Health Science University) |
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