Constrained length minimum inductance gradient coil design

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 270-278

  Chronik, Blaine A ^a   Rutt, Brian K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constrained length; Current constraints; Gradient coils; Minimum inductance; Target field

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC WIRE; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INDUCTANCE;

CONSTRAINED LENGTH; CURRENT CARRYING WIRE; GRADIENT COIL; HOMOGENEOUS REGIONS; MINIMUM INDUCTANCES; SPECTROSCOPY APPLICATIONS; TARGET FIELDS; TARGET-FIELD METHOD;

ASPECT RATIO;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTRIC CURRENT; GEOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0031884158     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910390214     Document Type: Article

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