A fast parallel imaging rotary phased array head coil with improved sensitivity profile deep in the center of the brain

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 504-507

  Weber, Ewald ^b   Li, Bing Keong ^b   Liu, Feng ^b   Crozier, Stuart ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARALLEL IMAGING; VD-GRAPPA;

BRAIN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 57649195764     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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