Conductor geometry and capacitor quality for performance optimization of low-frequency birdcage coils

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-16

  Giovannetti, Giulio ^a   Francesconi, Raffaello ^a   Landini, Luigi ^b   Santarelli, Maria Filomena ^a   Positano, Vincenzo ^a   Viti, Vittorio ^c   Benassi, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Esaote   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birdcage coil; Low frequency MR probes; Magnetic resonance imaging; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 18444398655     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20005     Document Type: Article

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