Degenerate mode band-pass birdcage coil for accelerated parallel excitation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1148-1158

  Alagappan, Vijayanand ^a,b,g   Nistler, Juergen ^c   Adalsteinsson, Elfar ^a,d,e   Setsompop, Kawin ^e   Fontius, Ulrich ^c   Zelinski, Adam ^e   Vester, Markus ^c   Wiggins, Graham C ^a   Hebrank, Franz ^f   Renz, Wolfgang ^c   Schmitt, Franz ^c   Wald, Lawrence L ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Tufts University   (United States)

^c SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^d HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e USA   (United States)

^f SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Array coils; Butler matrix; Degenerate birdcage parallel excitation; Tailored RF excitation; Transmit SENSE

Indexed keywords

ARRAY COILS; EXCITATION PATTERN; HIGHER-ORDER MODES; INDEPENDENT EXCITATIONS; PARALLEL EXCITATION; RF EXCITATION; TRANSMIT SENSE; TWO-MODE CONFIGURATION;

BUTLER MATRIX;

ACCELERATION; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; DEGENERATE MODE BAND PASS BIRDCAGE COIL; DEVICE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE; PHANTOM; RADIOFREQUENCY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 34250302681     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21247     Document Type: Article

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