Investigation of complex phased array coil designs for cardiac imaging

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 122-130

  Nittka, Mathias ^a   Haase, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Phased array coils; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GEOMETRY; HEART; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORY;

BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 0034038672     PISSN: 13528661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-8661(00)00076-4     Document Type: Article

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