7T vs. 4T: RF power, homogeneity, and signal-to-noise comparison in head images

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 24-30

  Vaughan, J T ^a   Garwood, M ^a   Collins, C M ^b   Liu, W ^b   Delabarre, L ^a   Adriany, G ^a   Andersen, P ^a   Merkle, H ^a   Goebel, R ^c   Smith, M B ^b   Ugurbil, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BRAIN INNOVATION B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

High field MRI; RF homogeneity; RF power; Signal to noise

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

HIGH FIELD MRI; HUMAN HEAD IMAGING; HUMAN HEAD MODEL; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; RF FIELDS; RF HOMOGENEITY; RF-POWER; SIGNAL TO NOISE;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0034962138     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1156     Document Type: Article

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