A simple method to calculate the signal-to-noise ratio of a circular-shaped coil for MRI

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A: Bridging Education and Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 422-429

  Ocegueda, K ^a   Rodriguez A O ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Legendre polynomials; Quasi static approach; RF surface coil; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845650638     PISSN: 15466086     EISSN: 15525023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.a.20066     Document Type: Article

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