Design and implementation of a uniplanar gradient field coil for magnetic resonance imaging

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-29

  Lemdiasov, Rostislav ^a   Ludwig, Reinhold ^a   Brevard, Mat ^b   Ferris, Craig ^b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b UMASS MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraint optimization; Localized uniform field gradient; Magnetic resonance; Uniplanar gradient coils

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 18444410579     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20003     Document Type: Article

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