An efficient design for birdcage probes dedicated to small-animal imaging experiments

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3-6, 2004, Pages 363-371

  Lupu, M ^a   Dimicoli, J L ^a   Volk, A ^a   Mispelter, J ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Birdcage; Inductive coupling; MRI; Tuning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MECHANICAL PROBE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MICE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 14944340576     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-004-0059-3     Document Type: Article

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