Eight-channel phased array coil and detunable TEM volume coil for 7 T brain imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 235-240

  Wiggins, Gaham C ^a   Potthast, A ^b   Triantafyllou, C ^a   Wiggins, C J ^a   Wald, L L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

7 T; High field MRI; Phased array; RF coil design; SNR

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BRAIN MAPPING;

ARRAY ELEMENTS; COMMON MODE CURRENTS; DIELECTRIC EFFECTS; HIGH FIELD MRI; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; PHASED ARRAY COILS; RF COIL; TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE COILS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NEUROIMAGING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 21244493990     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20547     Document Type: Article

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