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A nested eight-channel transmit array with open-face concept for human brain imaging at 7 tesla

Williams et al., 2021

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Williams S
Allwood-Spiers S
McElhinney P
Paterson G
Herrler J
Liebig P
Nagel A
Foster J
Porter D
Gunamony S
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Frontiers in Physics

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Purpose: Parallel transmit technology for MRI at 7 tesla will significantly benefit from high performance transmit arrays that offer high transmit efficiency and low mutual coupling between the individual array elements. A novel dual-mode transmit array with nested array …
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