Magnetostatic simulation for accurate design of low field MRI phased-array coils

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 140-146

  Giovannetti, Giulio ^a   Viti, Vittorio ^b   Positano, Vincenzo ^a   Santarelli, Maria Filomena ^a   Landini, Luigi ^c   Benassi, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b Esaote   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Coil simulator; Inductance; Phased array

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548254823     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20089     Document Type: Article

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