Numerical simulation of SAR and Si-field inhomogeneity of shielded rf coils loaded with the human head

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 642-649

  Chen, Ji ^a,b   Feng, Zhaomei ^a,b   Jin, Jian Ming ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Numerical method; Radio frequency coil; Radio frequency field; Specific absorption rate

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ESTIMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCIES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

HUMAN HEAD; MAGNETIC FIELD INHOMOGENEITY; RADIO FREQUENCY COIL; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION RATE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HEAD; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0032080159     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.668755     Document Type: Article

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