SNR and B1 Homogeneity Analysis of Intra-Vascular/Cavity RF Coil Designs
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S. B. King, J. Bellec, V. Volotovskyy, H-Y. Lin, C. P. Bidinosti, K. Jasinski, M. J. Smith, and B. Tomanek Institute for Biodiagnostics, National Research Council of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Physics, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Polish Academy of Sciences, H. Niewodniczanski Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow, Poland, Institute for Biodiagnostics (West), National Research Council of Canada, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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