Dual-frequency, dual-quadrature, birdcage RF coil design with identical B1 pattern for sodium and proton imaging of the human brain at 1.5 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 717-725

  Shen, Gary X ^a,b   Boada, Fernando E ^a   Thulborn, Keith R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decoupling technique; Dual tuned; RF coil; Sodium imaging

Indexed keywords

METABOLITES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TISSUE;

DECOUPLING TECHNIQUE; DUAL FREQUENCY; DUAL-TUNED; FOURTH HARMONICS; OBSERVATION FREQUENCIES; PROTON CHANNELS; RF COIL; RF FREQUENCIES;

SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0030671545     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380507     Document Type: Article

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