An effective compensation method for the mutual coupling effect in phased arrays for magnetic resonance imaging

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3576-3583

  Hui, Hon Tat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compensation method; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Mutual coupling; Mutual impedance; Phased array

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METHOD OF MOMENTS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

EFFECTIVE COMPENSATION METHOD; MUTUAL COUPLING EFFECT; MUTUAL IMPEDANCE; SIGNAL SOURCE;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 28644452358     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2005.858867     Document Type: Article

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