BirdcageBuilder: Design of specified-geometry birdcage coils with desired current pattern and resonant frequency

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 156-163

  Chin, Chih Liang ^a   Collins, Christopher M ^a   Li, Shizhe ^b   Dardzinski, Bernard J ^c   Smith, Michael B ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IGC Medical Advances Inc   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birdcage coil; Coil; Radio frequency coil; Software

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; GEOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOFREQUENCY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 18444401717     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.10030     Document Type: Article

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