Analytic expressions for the ultimate intrinsic signal-to-noise ratio and ultimate intrinsic specific absorption rate in MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 846-858

  Kopanoglu, E ^a   Erturk, V B ^a   Atalar, E ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

quasi static; ultimate intrinsic SAR; ultimate intrinsic SNR

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; ARBITRARY SAMPLES; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; QUASI-STATIC; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; ULTIMATE INTRINSIC SAR; ULTIMATE INTRINSIC SNR;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; MAGNETIC FIELD; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 80051674966     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22830     Document Type: Article

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