Influence of multichannel combination, parallel imaging and other reconstruction techniques on MRI noise characteristics

Measurement of signal-to-noise ratios in

Measurement of signal-to-noise ratios in MR images: Influence of multichannel coils, parallel imaging, and reconstruction filters

✍ Olaf Dietrich; José G. Raya; Scott B. Reeder; Maximilian F. Reiser; Stefan O. Sc 📂 Article 📅 2007 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 561 KB

## Abstract ## Purpose To evaluate the validity of different approaches to determine the signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) in MRI experiments with multi‐element surface coils, parallel imaging, and different reconstruction filters. ## Materials and Methods Four different approaches of SNR calculation