Calorimetric calibration of head coil SAR estimates displayed on a clinical MR scanner

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2565-2576

  Gorny, Krzysztof R ^a   Bernstein, Matt A ^a   Felmlee, Joel P ^a   Ward, Heidi A ^a   McGee, Kiaran P ^a   Lanners, Diana M ^a   Lee, Kendall H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BRAIN; CALORIMETRY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATIENT MONITORING;

CALORIMETRIC CALIBRATION; SPIN ECHO IMAGING;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CALORIMETRY; HEAD COIL SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAFETY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABSORPTION; BODY WEIGHT; CALIBRATION; CALORIMETRY; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 42649121625     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/10/008     Document Type: Article

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