A Method for Preamplifier-Decoupling Improvement in Quadrature Phased-Array Coils

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 255-258

  Guclu, Ceylan Celil ^a   Boskamp, Ed ^a   Zheng, Tsinghua ^a,b   Becerra, Ricardo ^a   Blawat, LeRoy ^a  

^a GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupling; Magnetic resonance imaging; Phased array RF coils; Preamplifier coupling; RT coils

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; IMAGING SYSTEM; IMPEDANCE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREAMPLIFIER DECOUPLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRATURE PHASED ARRAY RADIOFREQUENCY COIL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AMPLIFIERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0842304528     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.10449     Document Type: Article

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