SAR and B1 field distributions in a heterogeneous human head model within a birdcage coil

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 847-856

  Collins, Christopher M ^a,b   Li, Shizhe ^a   Smith, Michael B ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

B1 field; Numerical calculations; SAR

Indexed keywords

TISSUE;

ARBITRARY PULSE; B1 FIELD; HUMAN HEAD MODEL; LOWER FREQUENCIES; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SAR DISTRIBUTION; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION RATES;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COLOR; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STATISTICS; TIME;

COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032252606     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910400610     Document Type: Article

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