Mekle, Ralfvan der Zwaag, WietskeJoosten, AndreasGruetter, Rolf2010-11-302010-11-302010-11-30200810.1007/s10334-007-0100-4https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/61473WOS:000254751300006Objective To evaluate a transverse electromagnetic (TEM), a circularly polarized (CP) (birdcage), and a 12-channel phased array head coil at the clinical field strength of B (0) = 3T in terms of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), signal homogeneity, and maps of the effective flip angle alpha.RF-coilTEM coilhigh field MRISnrB-1 fieldTem Volume CoilPhased-ArraySurface CoilHuman HeadB-1 FieldIn-VivoBirdcageNmrSpectroscopyHomogeneityCIBM-AITComparison of three commercially available radio frequency coils for human brain imaging at 3 Teslatext::journal::journal article::research article