Mapping bulk electrical properties with non-contact RF measurements

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Schwartz, Benjamin M. (Benjamin Matthew)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics.
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Daniel Sodickson.
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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).
 
Date issued
2006
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36118
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Physics.
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