Double-frequency birdcage volume coils for 4.7T and 7T

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-22

  Tomanek, Boguslaw ^a   Volotovskyy, Vyacheslav ^a   Gruwel, Marco L H ^a   Mckenzie, Eilean ^a   King, Scott B ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

31P spectroscopy; Localized MRS; Proton imaging; Quadrature volume RF coil

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444451952     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20038     Document Type: Article

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