Optimum coupling and multimode excitation of traveling-waves in a whole-body 9.4T scanner

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1805-1812

  Geschewski, Frank H ^a   Brenner, Daniel ^a   Felder, Jörg ^a   Jon Shah, N ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

high field; multimode excitation; optimum coupling; RF shimming; traveling waves

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHANTOMS; RADIO WAVES; SCANNING; SLOT ANTENNAS;

HIGH FIELD; MULTI-MODE EXCITATIONS; OPTIMUM COUPLING; RF SHIMMING; TRAVELING WAVE;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; IMAGING PHANTOM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION; WHOLE BODY MRI;

EID: 84878114691     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24403     Document Type: Article

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