A numerical analysis of radio-frequency power requirements in magnetic resonance imaging experiment

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 8 II, 2004, Pages 1999-2003

  Ibrahim, Tamer S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational electromagnetics; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Radio frequency (RF) coils

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FREQUENCIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RESONATORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) COILS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATES (SAR);

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 4043177599     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.832021     Document Type: Article

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