Multiple tuning of birdcage resonators

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 243-251

  Amari, Smain ^a   Uluǧ, Aziz Müfit ^b   Bornemann, Jens ^a   Van Zijl, Peter C M ^b   Barker, Peter B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

birdcage; coil; double tuned; resonator

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; INDUCTANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RESONATORS;

BIRDCAGE; CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; COIL; DOUBLE-TUNED; HOMOGENEOUS MAGNETIC FIELD; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; SINUSOIDAL CURRENTS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

ARTICLE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSICS; SOLID STATE; THEORY;

EID: 0031031164     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910370217     Document Type: Article

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