Fast frequency-sweep analysis of RF coils for MRI

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1387-1390

  Jiao, Dan ^a   Jin, Jian Ming ^a  

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

Author keywords

Asymptotic waveform evaluation (AWE); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Method of moments (MoM); Radio frequency (RF) coils

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIOFREQUENCY; WAVEFORM;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICS; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 0032711748     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.797999     Document Type: Article

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