Reducing SAR and enhancing cerebral signal-to-noise ratio with high permittivity padding at 3 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 358-362

  Yang, Qing X ^a   Wang, Jianli ^a   Wang, Jinghua ^b   Collins, Christopher M ^a   Wang, Chunsheng ^a   Smith, Michael B ^c  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; permittivity; RF field; SAR; SNR

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERMITTIVITY; RADAR IMAGING;

HIGH DIELECTRICS; HIGH FIELD MRI; HIGH PERMITTIVITY; IMAGE INTENSITIES; LOW COST METHODS; QUALITY AND SAFETIES; RADIO-FREQUENCY POWER; RF FIELDS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; SAFETY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 79251564440     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22695     Document Type: Article

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