Transceive surface coil array for magnetic resonance imaging of the human brain at 4 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 499-503

  Pinkerton, Robert G ^a,b   Barberi, Enzo A ^b,c   Menon, Ravi S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b XLRImaging   (Canada)

^c ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decoupling; Fast parallel imaging; High field; Surface coil; Transceive

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RESONANCE;

DECOUPLING; HIGH FIELD; PARALLEL IMAGING; SURFACE COILS; TRANSCEIVE;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

EID: 22744434112     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20583     Document Type: Article

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