Estimating achievable signal-to-noise ratios of MRI transmit-receive coils from radiofrequency power measurements: Applications in quality control

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 217-227

  Redpath, Thomas W ^a   Wiggins, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0033968230     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/1/315     Document Type: Article

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