An improved hybrid MoM/FDTD technique for MRI RF coils modeling using huygen's equivalent surface method

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 3898-3901

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

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC REFLECTIONS; HUYGENS EQUIVALENT SURFACE METHODS; PROTOTYPE ROTARY PHASED ARRAY HEAD COIL; STAIRCASING ERRORS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GREEN'S FUNCTION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 57649202244     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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