Improved homogeneity of the transmit field by simultaneous transmission with phased array and volume coil

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 476-481

  Avdievich, Nikolai I ^a   Oh, Sukhoon ^b   Hetherington, Hoby P ^a   Collins, Christopher M ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CRC surface coil; High field MRI; Phased array; RF field inhomogeneity; TEM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; SIMULATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIO WAVES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77955357687     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22257     Document Type: Article

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