A new decoupling method for quadrature coils in magnetic resonance imaging

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2114-2116

  Hui, H T ^a   Li, B K ^a   Crozier, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decoupling method; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Mutual impedance; Quadrature coils

Indexed keywords

DECOUPLING METHOD; MUTUAL IMPEDANCE; QUADRATURE COILS;

BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ELECTRIC COILS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ERROR; IMPEDANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33749534139     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.881783     Document Type: Article

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