Improved SNR of phased-array PERES coils via simulation study

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 18, 2005, Pages

  Rodríguez, Alfredo O ^a   Medina, Lucía ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

COIL PETALS; PERES COILS; RESONATOR SURFACE ARRAYS; SNR;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SOFTWARE;

EID: 24644507804     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/18/N01     Document Type: Article

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