Calculation of SAR for transmit coil arrays

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-131

  Mao, Weihua ^a   Wang, Zhangwei ^a   Smith, Michael B ^a   Collins, Christopher M ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric field; MRI; RF shimming; SAR; Simulations; Transmit array

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248329630     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20085     Document Type: Article

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