A spiral volume coil for improved rf field homogeneity at high static magnetic field strength

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-54

  Alsop, David C ^a   Connick, Thomas J ^a   Mizsei, Gabor ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; High field MRI; RF coils

Indexed keywords

BRAIN;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; FINITE WAVELENGTH; HIGH DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; HIGH FIELD MRI; HIGH FIELD STRENGTHS; INHOMOGENEITIES; RF COIL; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS;

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ARTICLE; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 0031865774     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910400107     Document Type: Article

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