Analytic approach to the design of transverse gradient coils with co- axial return paths

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 600-608

  Bowtell, Richard ^a   Peters, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic noise; Gradient coil; High speed imaging

Indexed keywords

DESIGN;

ANALYTIC APPROACH; ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; FORCE BALANCING; GRADIENT COIL; HIGH SPEED IMAGING; LENGTH TO DIAMETER RATIO; MAGNETIC SCREENING; VECTOR POTENTIAL;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033025076     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199903)41:3<600::AID-MRM24>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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