Noise properties of a NMR transceiver coil array

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 151-156

  Pinkerton, Robert G ^a,b   Barberi, Enzo A ^b   Menon, Ravi S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decoupling; Noise correlation; Phased array; Surface coils; Transceive

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

COIL ARRAYS; DECOUPLING; NOISE CORRELATION; PHASED ARRAYS; SURFACE COILS;

TRANSCEIVERS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 7544240629     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2004.08.014     Document Type: Article

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