Proposed radiofrequency phased-array excitation scheme for homogenous and localized 7-tesla whole-body imaging based on full-wave numerical simulations

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 235-242

  Abraham, Roney ^c   Ibrahim, Tamer S ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

7 Tesla human MRI; B1 homogeneity; Finite difference time domain; Global and localized excitation; Modeling; RF body coils; TEM resonator

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MODELS; RESONATORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

B1 HOMOGENEITY; EXCITATION SCHEMES; IMPORTANT FEATURES; LOCALIZED EXCITATIONS; RADIOFREQUENCY EXCITATIONS; RF BODY COILS; TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC; WHOLE-BODY IMAGING;

ELECTRIC EXCITATION;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HEART; HUMAN; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIMULATION; WHOLE BODY IMAGING; WHOLE BODY MRI;

EID: 33846804494     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21139     Document Type: Article

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