What is the optimum phased array coil design for cardiac and torso magnetic resonance?

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 591-599

  Bottomley, Paul A ^a   Lugo Olivieri, Carlos H ^a   Giaquinto, Randy ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

heart; phased arrays; radiofrequency coils; signal to noise ratio (SNR)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; GEOMETRY; HEART; MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

CARDIAC APPLICATIONS; CIRCULAR SURFACES; FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARDS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; OPTIMUM CONFIGURATIONS; PHASED ARRAY COILS; RADIO FREQUENCY COILS; SENSITIVITY IMPROVEMENTS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; GEOMETRY; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TRUNK;

EID: 8244264760     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910370419     Document Type: Article

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