The Stochastic design of force-minimized compact magnets for high-field magnetic resonance imaging applications

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 4014-4022

  Crozier, Stuart ^a,b   Snape Jenkinson, Christopher J ^b   Forbes, Larry K ^c  

^a IEEE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Force minimized; Magnet design; MRI magnet

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) MAGNETS;

ALGORITHMS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

EID: 0035355154     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.947377     Document Type: Article

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