Understanding and manipulating the RF fields at high field MRI

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 927-936

  Ibrahim, Tamer S ^a,b   Hue, Yik Kiong ^b   Tang, Lin ^c  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

B1 shimming; Coil; Electromagnetics; Polarization; Simulation; Transmit array; Ultrahigh field MRI

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FORMULATION; B1 SHIMMING; COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC POWER ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC THEORIES; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIGH FIELD; HIGH FIELD MRI; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PHANTOM WORKS; PHASED ARRAYS; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF FIELDS; SIGNAL COMBINATION; STATIC FIELDS; TECHNOLOGICAL FEASIBILITY; ULTRAHIGH-FIELDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; POLARIZATION; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIO WAVES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70849094106     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1406     Document Type: Review

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