4 T Actively detuneable double-tuned 1H/31P head volume coil and four-channel 31P phased array for human brain spectroscopy

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 341-346

  Avdievich, N I ^a,b,c   Hetherington, H P ^a,b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Gruss Magnetic Resonance Research Center   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

31P phased array; Actively detuneable 31P 1H volume coil; High field MRI MRS; TEM coil

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETS; TUNING;

PHASED ARRAYS; TRANSMIT COILS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

PHOSPHORUS; PROTON;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES; PROTONS; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 34249949609     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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