Maximum efficiency radiofrequency shimming: Theory and initial application for hip imaging at 7 tesla

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1379-1388

  Deniz, Cem Murat ^a   Brown, Ryan ^a   Lattanzi, Riccardo ^a   Alon, Leeor ^a   Sodickson, Daniel K ^a   Zhu, Yudong ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adiabatic excitation; hip; hip articular cartilage; radiofrequency power deposition; radiofrequency shimming; specific absorption rate; ultra high field MRI

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; DEPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ADIABATIC EXCITATION; ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RADIO-FREQUENCY POWER; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; ULTRA-HIGH FIELD MRIS;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ARTICLE; CARTILAGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXCITATION; HIP; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOFREQUENCY; RADIOFREQUENCY SHIMMING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIO WAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876500899     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24377     Document Type: Article

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