Parallel RF transmission with eight channels at 3 Tesla

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1163-1171

  Setsompop, Kawin ^a,f   Wald, Lawrence L ^b,c   Alagappan, Vijayanand ^b   Gagoski, Borjan ^a   Hebrank, Franz ^d   Fontius, Ulrich ^e   Schmitt, Franz ^e   Adalsteinsson, Elfar ^a,c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^e SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Parallel excitation; RF acceleration; RF coil array; RF design; RF inhomogeneity

Indexed keywords

SCANNING;

EXCITATION PROFILE; HIGH FIELD STRENGTHS; PARALLEL EXCITATION; RF COIL; RF DESIGN; RF-INHOMOGENEITY; SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMISSION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

TRANSMISSIONS;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; RADIOFREQUENCY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WAVEFORM;

EID: 33750630873     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21042     Document Type: Article

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