Numerical field calculations considering the human subject for engineering and safety assurance in MRI

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 919-926

  Collins, Christopher M ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

B0; B1; Gradient; MRI; Signal to noise ratio; Simulations; Specific energy absorption rate

Indexed keywords

EM FIELD; FIELD CALCULATION; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN SUBJECTS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF ARRAYS; RF FIELDS; SAFETY ASSURANCE; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION RATES; STATIC FIELDS;

ABSORPTION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 70849099956     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1251     Document Type: Review

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