B1 field, SAR, and SNR comparisons for birdcage, TEM, and microstrip coils at 7T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 439-443

  Wang, Chunsheng ^a   Shen, Gary X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

B1 field; High field; RF coil; SAR; SNR

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIRDCAGE COIL; CALCULATION; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROSTRIP COIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC COIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 33746918314     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20635     Document Type: Article

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