In-depth study of the electromagnetics of ultrahigh-field MRI

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 58-68

  Ibrahim, Tamer S ^a,b,c,d   Mitchell, Chad ^e   Abraham, Roney ^c   Schmalbrock, Petra ^f  

^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 UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^f THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetics; Polarization; TEM resonator; Ultrahigh field MRI

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; RESONATORS;

ELECTROMAGNETICALLY EQUIVALENT; TRANSVERSE ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONATOR;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHANTOM; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION; WHOLE BODY MRI;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 33847394130     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1094     Document Type: Article

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