In this study, we investigated the suitability of applying air-coupled ultrasonic diffuse-wave
techniques to concrete structures for the evaluation of arbitrarily distributed micro-cracking …

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) imaging system, including: an MRI device adapted to
image at least a portion of an animal; a photon source; an imaging photon detector that …

Coronary magnetic resonance angiography data are usually acquired during mid‐diastole
of each heartbeat to minimize cardiac motion related artifacts. The proper trigger delay time …

Standard MRI cine exams for the study of cardiac function are segmented over several
heartbeats and thus require a breath‐hold to minimize breathing motion artifacts, which is a …

The ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) method has been used for decades to characterize
concrete structures. In this method, ultrasonic transducers are attached to the concrete …

Background Parallel imaging provides faster scanning at the cost of reduced signal-to-noise
ratio (SNR) and increased artifacts. Objective To compare the diagnostic performance of two …

In vivo retinal images of transgenic mice, expressing GFP under the control of the GFAP
(glial fibrillary acidic protein) promoter, have very poor signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and …

MRI pulse sequences are used to acquire spatial-frequency data (k-space) by using linear
magnetic field gradients to encode a k-space trajectory. Common k-space trajectories …

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the single largest killer in the United States. For decades,
selective coronary angiography has been the reference standard for defining the presence …