Impact of number of channels on RF shimming at 3T

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 401-410

  Childs, Alexander S ^b   Malik, Shaihan J ^a   O'Regan, Declan P ^b   Hajnal, Joseph V ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image nonuniformity; Parallel Transmission; RF shimming; SAR control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881311183     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-012-0360-5     Document Type: Article

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