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Author: Heer, Paul de
Title: Advanced imaging and spectroscopy techniques for body magnetic resonance Date: 2018-05-23
PAuL De Heer
Advanced imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques for Body Magnetic
Resonance
Advanced imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques for Body Magnetic Resonance
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© 2018 Paul de Heer Leiden, the Netherlands
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission if the copyright owner.
Copyright of the published chapters is held by the publisher of the journal in which the work appeared.
The research in this thesis was supported by the Nederlands Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek TOP grant and the Dutch Kidney Foundation.
Financial support by the Dutch Heart Foundation and the Dutch Kidney Foundation for the publication of this thesis is gratefully acknowledged
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Advanced imaging
and Spectro
scopy Techniques
for Body
Magnetic
Resonance
Promotiecommissie Promotores Prof. Dr. A.G. Webb Prof. Dr. H.J. Lamb Copromotor Dr. A.P.J. de Vries
Leden promotiecommissie Prof. Dr. B.P.F. Lelieveldt
Prof. Dr. T. Leiner (Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht) Dr. M.J. Versluis (Philips Medical Systems International B.V) Dr. H.E. Kan
Advanced Imaging and Spectroscopy Techniques for Body Magnetic Resonance
Proefschrift ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof.mr. C.J.J.M. Stolker,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op woensdag 23 mei 2018
klokke 13:45 uur
door Paul de Heer geboren te Heemskerk
in 1983
MR of Multi-Organ Involvement in the Metabolic Syndrome
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IncrEasing Signal HomO- geneity and Image Quality In Abdomi-
nal Imaging at 3T with Very High Permittivity Materials
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Improved Cardiac Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy at 3T Using High Permitti-
vity Pads
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Parameter Optimization for Reproducible Cardiac 1H-MR Spectroscopy at 3 Tesla
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Imaging Fatty Kidney by Clinical Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: a First Validation and Dietary Inter- vention Study using
Porcine Kidneys
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Summary and general discussion
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Dutch summary Nederlandse samenvatting
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Metabolic Imaging of Human Kidney Triglyceride Content: Reproducibility of
Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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GENERAL INTRODUCTION
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CONTENTS
Appendices: List of publications Acknowledgements Curriculum Vitae
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