Analysing radio-frequency coil arrays in high-field magnetic resonance imaging by the combined field integral equation method

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3211-3229

  Wang, Shumin ^a   Duyn, Jeff H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC COUPLING; INTEGRAL EQUATION METHOD; LOOP COILS; RADIO-FREQUENCY COIL ARRAYS;

ARRAYS;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33745070658     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/12/014     Document Type: Article

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