An improved element design for 64-channel planar imaging

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 39 B, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-165

  Chang, Chieh Wei ^a   Moody, Katherine Lynn ^a   Mcdougall, Mary Preston ^a,b  

^a Texas A M University   (United States)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Array coils; Parallel imaging; Rapid imaging; RF coils; SEA imaging; Single echo acquisition imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960749272     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20203     Document Type: Article

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