Asymmetrical gradient coil for head imaging

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 707-714

  Tomasi, D ^a,c   Xavier, R F ^b   Foerster, B ^b   Panepucci, H ^b   Tannus A ^b   Vidoto, E L ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fast simulated annealing method; Force analysis; FSA; Gradient coil design; Gradient fields; Head imaging; Magnetic fields; Magnetostimulation; MRI

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

FAST SIMULATED ANNEALING; FORCE ANALYSIS; GRADIENT COIL; GRADIENT FIELDS; HEAD IMAGING; MAGNETOSTIMULATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; HEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TORQUE;

EID: 0036787383     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10263     Document Type: Article

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