A Three Dimensional Analysis of Slotted Tube Resonator for MRI

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 587-593

  Chen, Qiang ^a   Sawaya, Kunio ^a   Uno, Toru ^a   Adachi, Saburo ^a   Ochi, Hisaaki ^b   Yamamoto, Etsuji ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; RESONATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

CONDUCTING SHIELD; DIELECTRIC BODY; INPUT IMPEDANCE; RESONANCE FREQUENCY; SLOTTED TUBE RESONATOR;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0028722359     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: 1558254X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/42.363110     Document Type: Article

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