Reduction of wave phenomena in high-field MRI experiments using absorbing layers

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-195

  Caserta, Jim ^a   Beck, Barbara L ^b   Fitzsimmons, Jeffrey R ^b,c  

^a ANALOG DEVICES INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetics; FDTD; Numerical calculation; Radiofrequency; Simulation; Wave interference

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; IMAGE QUALITY; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

FDTD; NUMERICAL CALCULATIONS; RADIOFREQUENCY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 3142535158     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2004.03.027     Document Type: Article

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