Application of finite difference time domain method for the design of birdcage RF head coils using multi-port excitations

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 733-742

  Ibrahim, Tamer S ^a   Lee, Robert ^a   Baertlein, Brian A ^a   Kangarlu, Allahyar ^a   Robitaille, Pierre Marie L ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MRI Facility   (United States)

Author keywords

B1 field; Multi port excitation; RF coil modeling; SAR

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TIME;

HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0033877307     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(00)00143-0     Document Type: Article

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