Eight-channel transmit/receive body MRI coil at 3T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 381-389

  Vernickel, Peter ^a   Roschmann P ^a   Findeklee, C ^a   Ludeke K M ^a   Leussler, Ch ^a   Overweg, J ^a   Katscher, U ^a   Grasslin I ^a   Schunemann K ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decoupling; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Multichannel body coil; Parallel transmission; RF coil; TEM resonator; Transmit SENSE

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; RESONATORS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DECOUPLING; MULTICHANNEL; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION; RF COIL; TRANSMIT SENSE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MAGNETISM; RADIOFREQUENCY; WHOLE BODY MRI;

EID: 34547940107     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21294     Document Type: Article

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