Calculating current densities and fields produced by shielded magnetic resonance imaging probes

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 401-425

  Forbes, Lawrence K ^a   Crozier, Stuart ^a   Doddrell, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Integral equations; Inverse finite Hilbert transform; Quality factor; Radio frequency probe

Indexed keywords

INVERSE FINITE HILBERT TRANSFORM; LAMOR EQUATION; QUALITY FACTOR; RADIO FREQUENCY PROBES;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CURRENT DENSITY; EDDY CURRENTS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC SHIELDING; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBES;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0031124229     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/s0036139995283110     Document Type: Article

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