Improved RF performance of travelling wave MR with a high permittivity dielectric lining of the bore

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 885-894

  Andreychenko, A ^a   Bluemink, J J ^a   Raaijmakers, A J E ^a   Lagendijk, J J W ^a   Luijten, P R ^a   Van Den Berg, C A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

body MRI; dielectric lining; travelling wave; ultra high fields

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC LOAD FLOW; LININGS; PERMITTIVITY; PHANTOMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CONSTRUCTIVE METHODS; CYLINDRICAL PHANTOMS; HIGH PERMITTIVITY DIELECTRIC; LARGE FIELD OF VIEWS; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO GAINS; TRAVELLING WAVES; ULTRA-HIGH FIELDS;

WAVE TRANSMISSION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING PHANTOM; IMPEDANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRODUCTIVITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHOLE BODY MRI; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING;

EID: 84883222169     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24512     Document Type: Article

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