Comparison of parallel imaging performance between planar strip arrays and surface loop arrays at high field based on simulation

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-94

  Wei, Juan ^a   Qu, Peng ^a   Shen, G X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

g factor; Loop array; Parallel imaging; Planar strip array; SNR

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646381123     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20062     Document Type: Article

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