Modular gradient coil: A new concept in high-performance whole-body gradient coil design

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 561-570

  Harvey, Paul R ^a,b   Katznelson, Ehud ^a  

^a Elscint Ltd   (Israel)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gradient system; High performance; Linearity; Peripheral nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

GRADIENT PERFORMANCE; GRADIENT SYSTEMS; HIGH PERFORMANCE; LINEARITY; MODES OF OPERATION; OPERATING MODES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POWER SUPPLY UNIT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NERVE STIMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

EID: 0032832724     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199909)42:3<561::AID-MRM19>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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