Controlled E-field gradient coils

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 113-120

  Mansfield, P ^a   Bowley, R M ^a   Haywood, B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b General Magnetic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E field; Gradient coils; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neural stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GEOMETRY; HEART FIBRILLATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SKIN TINGLING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 1542268277     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-003-0015-7     Document Type: Article

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