Theoretical and experimental evaluation of detached endcaps for 3 T birdcage coils

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 363-370

  Alecci, Marcello ^a,c   Collins, Christopher M ^b   Wilson, James ^a   Liu, Wanzhan ^b   Smith, Michael B ^b   Jezzard, Peter ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birdcage coil; Endcap; High field MRI; Human brain; RF mapping

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; SIGNAL SYSTEMS;

BIRDCAGE COIL; ENDCAP; HIGH FIELD MRI; HUMAN BRAIN; RF MAPPINGS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

3 T BIRDCAGE COIL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIMULATION; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 12244304888     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10352     Document Type: Article

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