Noise figure characterization of preamplifiers at NMR frequencies

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-15

  Nordmeyer Massner, J A ^a   De Zanche, N ^a   Pruessmann, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

MRI; Noise figure; Noise figure measurement; Noise parameters; Radio frequency; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; HIGH PRECISION; LARMOR FREQUENCIES; LUMPED-ELEMENT CIRCUITS; MOS-FET; MRI; NOISE BEHAVIOR; NOISE CHARACTERISTIC; NOISE FIGURE MEASUREMENT; NOISE MEASUREMENTS; NOISE PARAMETERS; NOISE SOURCE; OPERATING FREQUENCY; PARAMETER MODEL; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO FREQUENCY; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; SOURCE IMPEDANCE; TRANSMISSION-LINE;

NOISE FIGURE; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMPEDANCE; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955062453     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2011.01.025     Document Type: Article

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