Evaluation of internal MRI coils using ultimate intrinsic SNR

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 640-649

  Çelik, Haydar ^a   Eryaman, Yiǧitcan ^a   Altintaş, Ayhan ^a   Abdel Hafez, I A ^a   Atalar, Ergin ^a,b,c  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoluminal coils; External coils; Internal coils; RF coils; SNR in MRI; UISNR

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DIELECTRIC DEVICES;

ENDOLUMINAL; EXTERNAL COILS; INTERNAL COILS; RF COIL; UISNR;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THEORY;

EID: 4243139487     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20200     Document Type: Article

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