Comparison of four different shields for birdcage-type coils with experiments and numerical calculations

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 176-184

  Liu, Wanzhan ^a   Zhang, Shutong ^a   Collins, Christopher M ^a   Wang, Jianli ^a   Smith, Michael B ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

B1 homogeneity; End ring; FDTD; RF coil; SNR

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750877906     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20073     Document Type: Article

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