Practical design of a 4 Tesla double-tuned RF surface coil for interleaved 1H and 23Na MRI of rat brain

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-211

  Alecci, M ^a   Romanzetti, S ^b   Kaffanke, J ^b   Celik, A ^b   Wegener, H P ^b   Shah, N J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Double tuned; MRI; Proton; Radio frequency surface coil; Sodium

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BRAIN; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; PROTONS; SODIUM;

CO-PLANAR LOOPS; DOUBLE TUNED; RADIO FREQUENCY SURFACE COILS; TRAP CIRCUITS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

SODIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; RATS; SODIUM ISOTOPES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33746280566     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2006.04.011     Document Type: Article

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