A novel target-field method for magnetic resonance shim coils: III. Shielded zonal and tesseral coils

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 68-80

  Forbes, Lawrence K ^a   Crozier, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; EDDY CURRENTS; ELECTRIC COILS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC SHIELDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GRADIENT COILS; INTERIOR TARGET FIELD; SHIM COILS; TARGET FIELD METHOD;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0037458071     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/36/2/302     Document Type: Article

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