Theory of the quadrature elliptic birdcage coil

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 726-732

  Leifer, Mark C ^a  

^a VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdcage coil; Elliptic; Quadrature; Radiofrequency coil

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT;

BIRDCAGE COIL; CONFORMAL TRANSFORMATION; CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELLIPTIC; LOW AND HIGH FREQUENCIES; QUADRATURE; RADIO FREQUENCY COILS; UNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ASPECT RATIO;

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CALCULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GEOMETRY; SAMPLING; THEORY;

EID: 0030726450     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380508     Document Type: Article

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