Title :
Analytical approach to compute the electromagnetic field inside a model of the human head surrounded by a dielectric pad
Author :
Erricolo, Danilo ; Carluccio, Giorgio ; Collins, Christopher M. ; Uslenghi, P.L.E. ; Kittivittayakul, Switt
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Abstract :
We present an analytical approach to justify the behavior of the magnetic field observed when dielectric material is used to enhance magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the human head.
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; brain; dielectric materials; image enhancement; medical image processing; MRI; dielectric material; dielectric pad; electromagnetic field; human head; image enhancement; magnetic resonance imaging; Analytical models; Atmospheric modeling; Computational modeling; Dielectrics; Electromagnetic fields; Head; Magnetic heads;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium), 2014 USNC-URSI
Conference_Location :
Memphis, TN
DOI :
10.1109/USNC-URSI.2014.6955647
