Optimizing the intrinsic signal-to-noise ratio of MRI strip detectors

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 157-166

  Kumar, Ananda ^a,b   Bottomley, Paul A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Detectors; MRI coils; Optimization; Phased array; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DETECTORS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; TUNING;

CONDUCTING STRIPS; DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; METHOD OF MOMENTS (MOM); MRI COILS; QUARTER-WAVELENGTH; SENSITIVITY PROFILES; SUBSTRATE THICKNESS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THICKNESS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33745713968     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20915     Document Type: Article

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