B1 homogenization in MRI by multilayer coupled coils

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 551-554

  Wang, Shumin ^a   Murphy Boesch, Joseph ^a   Merkle, Hellmut ^a   Koretsky, Alan P ^a   Duyn, Jeff H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Radio frequency coils

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; HIGH FIELDS; HUMAN HEADS; MULTI LAYERS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO FREQUENCY COILS; SURFACE COILS; WAVELENGTH EFFECTS;

ELECTRIC COILS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIO; RADIO WAVES;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 63849196519     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2008.2006523     Document Type: Article

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