An object-oriented designed finite-difference time-domain simulator for electromagnetic analysis and design in MRI-applications to high field analyses

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 222-230

  Wei, Q ^a   Liu, F ^a   Xia, L ^b   Crozier, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B 1 field; Biological tissue model; Electromagnetic field; FDTD; High field MRI; Object oriented design; RF coil

Indexed keywords

B1 FIELD; BIOLOGICAL TISSUE MODEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC PROBLEMS; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; HIGH FIELD MRI; OBJECT-ORIENTED DESIGN; RF COIL;

ALGORITHMS; AUTOMATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; SIMULATORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 11344249938     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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