Interconnecting L/C components for decoupling and its application to low-field open MRI array

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 116-126

  Wu, Bing ^a,b   Qu, Peng ^a   Wang, Chunsheng ^a   Yuan, Jing ^a   Shen, Gary X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (China)

Author keywords

Decoupling circuit; Low field open MRI; Mutual coupling; Phased array; RF coil

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248393114     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20087     Document Type: Article

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