Local SAR management by RF Shimming: A simulation study with multiple human body models

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 193-204

  Homann, Hanno ^a   Graesslin, Ingmar ^b   Eggers, Holger ^b   Nehrke, Kay ^b   Vernickel, Peter ^b   Katscher, Ulrich ^b   Dössel, Olaf ^a   Börnert, Peter ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anatomical models; Chemical shift imaging; MRI; Safety

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84862002241     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-011-0281-8     Document Type: Article

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