Local specific absorption rate in high-pass birdcage and transverse electromagnetic body coils for multiple human body models in clinical landmark positions at 3T

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1209-1217

  Yeo, Desmond T B ^a,d   Wang, Zhangwei ^b   Loew, Wolfgang ^c   Vogel, Mika W ^c   Hancu, Ileana ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b General Electric Healthcare Coils   (United States)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

human body models; local SAR; SAR; specific absorption rate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 79955397165     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22544     Document Type: Article

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