Miniaturized fiber-optic transmission system for MRI signals

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 165-173

  Memis, Omer Gokalp ^a   Eryaman, Yigitcan ^a   Aytur, Orhan ^a   Atalar, Ergin ^a,b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; MRI cabling; MRI RF coils; Optical data transmission

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; FIBERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NOISE FIGURE; SCANNING; SIGNAL SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ELECTRICAL CABLES; FIBER OPTIC SYSTEM; FIBER-OPTIC TRANSMISSIONS; LOW NOISE PREAMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL DATA TRANSMISSION; PHASED ARRAY COILS; RF COIL; TOTAL POWER CONSUMPTION;

FIBER OPTICS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRONICS; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MINIATURE FIBEROPTIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SAFETY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TECHNICAL AID; TUNING CURVE;

EID: 37549033961     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21462     Document Type: Article

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