Resistive tapered stripline (RTS) in electroencephalogram recordings during MRI

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 8 II, 2004, Pages 1992-1998

  Bonmassar, Giorgio ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cable; Electrocardiography; Electroencephalography (EEG); Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD); RESISTIVE TAPERED STRIPLINE (RTS); SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY;

EID: 4043130856     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.832688     Document Type: Article

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