SAR and power implications of different RF shimming strategies in the pelvis for 7T MRI

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 194-202

  Van Den Bergen, Bob ^a,b   Van Den Berg, Cornelis A T ^a   Klomp, Dennis W J ^a   Lagendijk, Jan J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b HP Q00118 ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

7T body MRI; B1+ efficiency; Power; RF shimming; SAR

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; EXCITATION; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PELVIS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 67650088538     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21806     Document Type: Article

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