Induction of electric fields due to gradient switching: A numerical approach

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 731-734

  Brand, Martin ^a,b   Heid, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electric field; Gradient coils; Magnetostimulation; Numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GRADIENT COIL; GRADIENT SWITCHING; INDUCED ELECTRIC FIELDS; INHOMOGENEOUS CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETOSTIMULATION; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; PEAK ELECTRIC FIELD;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHANTOM; REPRODUCIBILITY; TISSUE;

EID: 0036788387     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10261     Document Type: Article

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