A hybrid inverse approach applied to the design of lumped-element RF coils

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 353-361

  Fujita, Hiroyuki ^a   Petropoulos, Labros S ^a   Morich, Michael A ^a   Shvartsman, Shmaryu M ^a   Brown, Robert W ^a  

^a Picker International   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumped element radio frequency (RF) coil; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Method of moments; Target field approach

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHOD OF MOMENTS;

RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) COILS; TARGET FIELD APPROACH;

ELECTRONIC MEDICAL EQUIPMENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ALGORITHMS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0033104699     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.748988     Document Type: Article

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