Lumped-Element Planar Strip Array (LPSA) for Parallel MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 172-183

  Lee, Ray F ^a,e   Hardy, Christopher J ^b   Sodickson, Daniel K ^c   Bottomley, Paul A ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Decoupling; Lumped element; MRI; Parallel imaging; Strip array

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

DECOUPLING; DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; LUMPED ELEMENT; NATURAL RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; PARALLEL IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; STRIP ARRAY;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUMPED ELEMENT PLANAR STRIP ARRAY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0345742633     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10667     Document Type: Article

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