An inverse method for designing loaded RF coils in MRI

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2506-2518

  While, Peter T ^a   Forbes, Larry K ^a   Crozier, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coil design; Inverse method; Loaded coil; Magnetic field homogeneity; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Radio frequency (RF) coil

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; IMAGE QUALITY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

INVERSE METHOD; LOADED COIL; MAGNETIC FIELD HOMOGENEITY; RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF);

ELECTRIC COILS;

CONSTRAINT THEORY; ELECTRIC COILS; IMAGE QUALITY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33747626517     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/17/9/019     Document Type: Article

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