Mapping bulk electrical properties with non-contact RF measurements
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Author(s)
Schwartz, Benjamin M. (Benjamin Matthew)
Advisor(s)
Daniel Sodickson.
Date Issued
2006
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
The human body is composed primarily of dielectric tissue with spatially varying permittivity and conductivity. Traditional MRI does not measure these properties. Instead, the conductivity of the patient is a nuisance, causing unpredictable detuning of coils and field inhomogeneities. This thesis presents a method for mapping the electrodynamic properties of the patient's body with both MR and non-MR techniques. Such mapping has direct applications for medical imaging and SAR calculation.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 43).
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Physics.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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