Design of an inductively decoupled microstrip array at 9.4 T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 126-132

  Wu, Bing ^a   Zhang, Xiaoliang ^b   Qu, Peng ^a   Shen, Gary X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Decoupling circuit; Microstrip transmission line array; RF coil; Ultra high field

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PHASE CONTROL; TRANSCEIVERS;

DECOUPLING CIRCUITS; MICROSTRIP TRANSMISSION LINE ARRAY; RF COIL; ULTRA HIGH FIELD;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 33747885067     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2006.04.013     Document Type: Article

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