Tuning ultra-low output impedance amplifiers for optimal power and decoupling in parallel transmit MRI

Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 946-949

  Hollingsworth, N ^a   Moody, K ^b   Nielsen, J F ^c   Noll, D ^c   McDougall, M P ^a,b   Wright, S M ^a,b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b Texas A M University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; Parallel Transmit; Transmit SENSE

Indexed keywords

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; HIGH OUTPUT POWER; LOW INPUT IMPEDANCE; MATCHING NETWORKS; PARALLEL EXCITATION; PARALLEL TRANSMIT; PEAK OUTPUT POWER; TRANSMIT SENSE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE;

EID: 84881652346     PISSN: 19457928     EISSN: 19458452     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2013.6556632     Document Type: Conference Paper

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