Performance evaluation of a 32-element head array with respect to the ultimate intrinsic SNR

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 142-151

  Lattanzi, Riccardo ^a   Grant, Aaron K ^b,c   Polimeni, Jonathan R ^d   Ohliger, Michael A ^e   Wiggins, Graham C ^a   Wald, Lawrence L ^d   Sodickson, Daniel K ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coil design; Coil performance; Electrodynamics; Magnetic resonance imaging; Parallel imaging; Phased array; RF coils; Ultimate intrinsic SNR

Indexed keywords

COIL DESIGN; COIL DESIGNS; COIL PERFORMANCE; PARALLEL IMAGING; PHASED ARRAYS; RF COIL;

DESIGN; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONTOLOGY;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRICITY; ELEMENTS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77149140453     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1435     Document Type: Article

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