Peripheral nerve stimulation properties of head and body gradient coils of various sizes

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-58

  Zhang, Beibei ^a,b   Yen, Yi Fen ^b   Chronik, Blaine A ^c   McKinnon, Graeme C ^d   Schaefer, Daniel J ^d   Rutt, Brian K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d GE MEDICAL SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronaxie; Diameter of homogeneous spherical volume (DSV); Gradient coils; Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS)

Indexed keywords

CHRONAXIE; GRADIENT COIL; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SPHERICAL VOLUME; STIMULATION THRESHOLDS; THRESHOLD PARAMETERS; TIME-VARYING MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHRONAXY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODEL; NERVE STIMULATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0038262702     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10508     Document Type: Article

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