A semi-automatic method for developing an anthropomorphic numerical model of dielectric anatomy by MRI

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2003, Pages 3157-3170

  Mazzurana, M ^a   Sandrini, L ^a,b   Vaccari, A ^a   Malacarne, C ^a   Cristoforetti, L ^a   Pontalti, R ^a  

^a ITC IRST   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FREQUENCIES; TISSUE;

IMAGE INTENSITY;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOFREQUENCY;

EID: 0141928676     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/19/005     Document Type: Article

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