Optimization of duty cycles for MRI scanners

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 37 B, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-192

  Ivanov, Evgeniy N ^a   Pogromsky, Alexander Y ^a   van den Brink, Johan S ^b   Rooda, Jacobus E ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Duty cycle; MRI; SAR; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955104923     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20167     Document Type: Article

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