Studies of RF shimming techniques with minimization of RF power deposition and their associated temperature changes

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 39 B, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-25

  Tang, Lin ^a   Hue, Yik Kiong ^b   Ibrahim, Tamer S ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

7 T; 9.4 T; B 1 shimming; Electromagnetic and temperature simulations; Specific absorption rate; Transmit arrays; Ultrahigh fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952035760     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20185     Document Type: Article

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