Spatial resolution of numerical models of man and calculated specific absorption rate using the FDTD method: A study at 64 MHz in a magnetic resonance imaging coil

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-388

  Collins, Christopher M ^a   Smith, Michael B ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculations; FDTD; MRI; Resolution; Safety; SAR

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME;

HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 0041326692     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10359     Document Type: Article

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