A transmit/receive radiofrequency array for imaging the carotid arteries at 7 tesla: Coil design and first in vivo results

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 246-254

  Kraff, Oliver ^a,b   Bitz, Andreas K ^a,b   Breyer, Tobias ^b   Kruszona, Stefan ^a   Maderwald, Stefan ^a,b   Brote, Irina ^a,b   Gizewski, Elke R ^b   Ladd, Mark E ^a,b   Quick, Harald H ^a,c  

^a ERWIN L HAHN INSTITUTE FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

7 Tesla; atherosclerotic plaque; carotid artery; high field MRI; phased array RF coil

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ADULT; AGED; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NECK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TRANSMIT/RECEIVE RADIOFREQUENCY ARRAY;

EID: 79952451097     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: 15360210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLI.0b013e318206cee4     Document Type: Article

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