Transceive surface coil array for MRI of the human prostate at 4T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 455-458

  Pinkerton, Robert G ^a,b   Near, James P ^a,b   Barberi, Enzo A ^c   Menon, Ravi S ^a,b   Bartha, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c XLRImaging   (Canada)

Author keywords

High field; Imaging; Prostate; Surface coil array; Transceive

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; UROLOGY;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; HIGH FIELD; HIGH SIGNALTO-NOISE RATIOS (SNR); PROSTATE; RADIO FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL PENETRATION; SURFACE COILS; TRANSCEIVE;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROSTATE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRUNK;

EID: 33846798437     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21153     Document Type: Article

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