In vivo determination of electric conductivity and permittivity using a standard MR system

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 17 IFMBE, Issue , 2007, Pages 508-511

  Katscher, Ulrich ^a   Dorniok, T ^b   Findeklee, C ^a   Vernickel, P ^a   Nehrke, K ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

B1 mapping; Current density imaging; Electric conductivity; Magnetic resonance tomography; Permittivity

Indexed keywords

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PERMITTIVITY;

B1 MAPPING; CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; CURRENT DENSITY IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PARAMETER; IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE TOMOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL DERIVATIVES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 78649934046     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73841-1_131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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