SAR computation inside fetus by RF coil during MR imaging employing realistic numerical pregnant woman model

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E92-B, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 431-439

  Kikuchi, Satoru ^a   Saito, Kazuyuki ^a   Takahashi, Masaharu ^a   Ito, Koichi ^a   Ikehira, Hiroo ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birdcage coil; Fetus; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Pregnant woman; Specific absorption rate (SAR)

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; RADAR IMAGING;

BIRDCAGE COIL; FETUS; HUMAN BODIES; INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; OPERATING MODES; PREGNANT WOMAN; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 70350151419     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: 17451345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E92.B.431     Document Type: Conference Paper

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