Ultimate intrinsic signal-to-noise ratio in MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 462-473

  Ocali, Ogan ^a   Atalar, Ergin ^a  

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

Author keywords

Focusing; RF coil design; Skin effect; SNR optimization

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FOCUSING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SKIN EFFECT;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; COIL CONFIGURATIONS; FIELD STRENGTHS; INTRINSIC SIGNAL; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; RF COIL; SNR OPTIMIZATION; TOTAL POWER;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; TRUNK;

EID: 0031884051     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910390317     Document Type: Article

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