A transmit-only/receive-only (TORO) RF system for high-field MRI/MRS applications

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 284-289

  Barberi, Enzo A ^a   Gati, Joseph S ^a   Rutt, Brian K ^a,b   Menon, Ravi S ^a,b  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; RESONATORS; TRANSMISSIONS;

DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; FIELD STRENGTHS; HIGH FIELD MRI; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHASED ARRAY COILS; RAPID SWITCHING; RF TRANSMISSION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATIOS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0033959514     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(200002)43:2<284::AID-MRM16>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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