Numerical calculation of peak-to-average specific absorption rate on different human thorax models for magnetic resonance safety considerations

Applied Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-348

  Hartwig, Valentina ^a,b   Giovannetti, G ^a   Vanello, N ^b   Landini, L ^b   Santarelli, M F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC NUCLEI; COIL MODEL; DIFFERENT SIZES; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PEAK TO AVERAGES; POWER DEPOSITION; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF EXCITATION; SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS; SAMPLE VOLUME; SPATIAL ENCODING; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; STRONG CORRELATION; THORAX MODELS;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; IONIZING RADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 77952427636     PISSN: 09379347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00723-010-0126-z     Document Type: Article

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