DocumentCode
594613
Title
Multi-mode optimization of a near-field array
Author
Kozlov, M. ; Turner, Richard
Author_Institution
Max Planck Inst. for Human Cognitive & Brain Sci., Leipzig, Germany
fYear
2012
fDate
Oct. 29 2012-Nov. 1 2012
Firstpage
309
Lastpage
312
Abstract
We implemented a multi-mode approach for performance optimization of a near-field array, which resulted in negligible total reflected power and nearly optimal transmit performance for the modes selected. The total reflected power obtained for all given excitation modes is proposed as a circuit-level figure-of-merit for transmit performance estimation.
Keywords
antenna arrays; biomedical MRI; optimisation; MRI arrays; circuit-level figure-of-merit; excitation modes; magnetic resonance imaging array; multimode optimization; near-field array; transmit performance estimation; Arrays; Couplings; Fabrication; Magnetic resonance imaging; Optimization; Radio frequency; Scattering parameters; Antenna arrays; Biomedical imaging; Computational electromagnetics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2012 42nd European
Conference_Location
Amsterdam
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-2215-7
Electronic_ISBN
978-2-87487-026-2
Type
conf
Filename
6459426
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