title: Correction for intensity falloff in surface coil magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: A method has been developed to compensate for sensitivity variation in surface coil images. An algorithm to derive the surface coil profile by acquiring a crude body coil image of the region under study is presented and tested using a homogeneous phantom. Practical application is demonstrated on images of a tomato and rabbit acquired with a 2 T 33-cm bore magnetic resonance imager/spectrometer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Brey
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Narayana
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008433:Mathematics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010944:Plants; D011817:Rabbits