Capacitively decoupled tunable loop microstrip (TLM) array at 7 T

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 418-424

  Wu, Bing ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaoliang ^c   Qu, Peng ^a   Shen, Gary X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitive decoupling; Microstrip coil; TLM array; Ultrahigh field

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TUNABLE LOOP MICROSTRIP;

ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33947101479     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2006.09.031     Document Type: Article

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