Magnetic resonance imaging gradient coil design by combining optimization techniques with the finite element method

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 671-683

  Shi, Funan ^b   Ludwig, Reinhold ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex method; Conjugate gradient; Finite elements; MRI gradient coil; Optimization; Steepest descent

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION;

CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD;

ELECTRIC COILS;

EID: 0032073073     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.668065     Document Type: Article

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