Numerical modeling of 11.1T MRI of a human head using a MoM/FDTD method

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-38

  Liu, Feng ^a   Beck, Barbara L ^b   Xu, Bin ^a   Fitzsimmons, Jeffrey R ^b   Blackband, Stephen J ^b,c   Crozier, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelectromagnetics; FDTD; Human head model; MoM; Ultra high field MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCESS MODEL; SIGNAL DETECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 18544363066     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20024     Document Type: Article

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