Transmitting focused B1 field and SENSE reconstruction using an 8-element transceive torso phased array coil

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

Volumn 26 II, Issue , 2004, Pages 1068-1071

  Li, Bing Keong ^a   Crozier, Stuart ^a   Liu, Feng ^a   Gregg, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

B1 field focusing; Hybrid FDTD MOM; SENSE

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; IMAGE CODING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

B1 FIELD FOCUSING; HYBRID FDTD/MOM; HYPERTHERMIA; SENSITIVITY ENCODING (SENSE);

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 11144337735     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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