Determination of appropriate RF blocking impedance for MRI surface coils and arrays

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 80-83

  Kocharian, Armen ^a   Rossman, Phillip J ^a   Hulshizer, Thomas C ^a   Felmlee, Joel P ^a   Riederer, Stephen J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Blocking circuit; MRI; Surface coil

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IMAGE QUALITY; IMPEDANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY;

BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 0034037547     PISSN: 13528661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-8661(00)00071-5     Document Type: Article

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