Hexagonal zero mode TEM coil: A single-channel coil design for imaging multiple small animals

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1150-1157

  Lazovic, Jelena ^a   Stojkovic, Dragan S ^b   Collins, Christopher M ^a   Yang, Qing X ^a   Vaughan, J Thomas ^c   Smith, Michael B ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; Multi animal; RF coil; RF homogeneity; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS;

ANALYTICAL CALCULATION; COAXIAL CONDUCTORS; CONSTRUCTION SCHEME; HEXAGONAL CROSS-SECTIONS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; RF COIL; RF HOMOGENEITY; SIMULTANEOUS IMAGING;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONDUCTOR; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOM; RAT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SINGLE CHANNEL COIL DESIGN;

EID: 18244366916     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20459     Document Type: Article

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