Magnetomechanical field computations of a clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner

COMPEL - The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 576-588

  Rausch, M ^a   Gebhardt, M ^a   Kaltenbacher, M ^b   Landes, H ^c  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c WisSoft   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Imaging; Iterative methods

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; ITERATIVE METHODS; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SCANNER; MAGNETOMECHANICAL FIELD;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 0041520819     PISSN: 03321649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03321640310475047     Document Type: Article

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