B1-based specific energy absorption rate determination for nonquadrature radiofrequency excitation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1911-1918

  Katscher, Ulrich ^a   Findeklee, Christian ^a   Voigt, Tobias ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

electric properties; parallel transmission; SAR

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSIONS;

MAGNETIC FIELD COMPONENTS; PARALLEL TRANSMISSION; PHASE CONTRIBUTION; RADIO FREQUENCY COILS; RADIOFREQUENCY EXCITATIONS; RADIOFREQUENCY TRANSMISSION; SPECIFIC ENERGY ABSORPTION RATES; TRANSMIT CHANNELS;

ENERGY ABSORPTION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOFREQUENCY; ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RADIOMETRY;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIO WAVES; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 84870060828     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24215     Document Type: Article

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