Electromagnetic perspective on the operation of RF coils at 1.5-11.7 Tesla

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 683-690

  Ibrahim, Tamer S ^a   Mitchell, Chad ^b   Schmalbrock, Petra ^b   Lee, Robert ^c   Chakeres, Donald W ^b  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetics; High field imaging; NMR signal; Numerical modeling; Polarization; RF coils

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; NUMERICAL MODELS; POLARIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ELECTROMAGNETICS; EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDIES; FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN MODELING; HIGH FIELD; NMR SIGNALS; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RF COIL; TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLARIZATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION;

EID: 24144458966     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20596     Document Type: Article

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