A fast integral equation method for simulating high-field radio frequency coil arrays in magnetic resonance imaging

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2779-2789

  Wang, Shumin ^a,b   De Zwart, Jacco A ^b   Duyn, Jeff H ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CROSS APPROXIMATION; COIL ARRAYS; FAST INTEGRAL EQUATION METHODS; HIGH-FIELD; IMPEDANCE MATRICES; MULTI-CHANNEL; MULTIPLE COILS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO FREQUENCY COILS; RF COIL;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; RESONANCE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

BRAIN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIO WAVES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79954592653     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/9/010     Document Type: Article

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