An inverse methodology for high frequency RF head coil design with pre-emphasized B1 field in MRI

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 II, Issue , 2004, Pages 1128-1131

  Xu, B ^a   Crozier, S ^a   Li, B K ^a   Wei, Q ^a   Liu, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

FDTD; Inverse methodology; MRI; Pre emphasis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GREEN'S FUNCTION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLARIZATION; RADIO WAVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

DIELECTRIC INTERACTIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; INVERSE METHODOLOGY; PRE-EMPHASIS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 11144294741     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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