An inverted-microstrip resonator for human head proton MR imaging at 7 tesla

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 495-504

  Zhang, Xiaoliang ^a   Ugurbil, Kamil ^a   Sainati, Robert ^b   Chen, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

High field; Human brain; Inverted microstrip transmission line resonator; MR imaging; MTL volume coil; RF coil

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; MICROSTRIP LINES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

COIL DESIGN; FIELD HOMOGENITY; HUMAN HEAD IMAGING; MICROSTRIP TRANSMISSION LINE (MTL);

RESONATORS;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERFORMANCE;

BRAIN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 14844304417     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2004.842968     Document Type: Article

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