A novel, cylindrical, transverse gradient coil design for magnetic resonance imaging of large samples

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1663-1671

  Di Luzio, S ^a   Placidi, G ^a   Di Giuseppe, S ^a   Alecci, M ^a   Sotgiu, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coil design; Gradient coils; Magnetic field; MRI

Indexed keywords

COIL GEOMETRY; GRADIENT COILS;

ASPECT RATIO; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ELECTRIC COILS;

EID: 0032183039     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/9/10/004     Document Type: Article

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