Asymmetric zonal shim coils for magnetic resonance applications

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1644-1651

  Forbes, Larry K ^a   Crozier, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymmetric systems; Fourier series design method; Magnetic resonance imaging; Shim coil design

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; CURRENT DENSITY; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETS; RESONANCE; SHIMS;

ASYMMETRIC SYSTEM; COIL WINDING PATTERNS; DESIGN METHOD; FOURIER COEFFICIENTS; FOURIER SERIES METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD COMPONENTS; SHIM COIL DESIGNS; SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

FOURIER SERIES;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; EQUIPMENT; FOURIER ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034843858     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1388538     Document Type: Article

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