A generalized strategy for designing 19F/1H dual-frequency MRI coil for small animal imaging at 4.7 Tesla

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 245-252

  Hu, Lingzhi ^a   Hockett, Frank D ^a   Chen, Junjie ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Caruthers, Shelton D ^a   Lanza, Gregory M ^a   Wickline, Samuel A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

coupled resonator; dual frequency RF coil; fluorine imaging; molecular imaging; multi nuclei MRI

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORINE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; IMPEDANCE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIATION; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79959579013     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.22516     Document Type: Article

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