Simple design guidelines for short MRI systems

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-59

  Zhang, Beibei ^a   Gazdzinski, Carl ^b   Chronik, Blaine A ^c   Xu, Hao ^d   Conolly, Steven M ^d   Rutt, Brian K ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

^b Imaging Research Laboratories   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diameter of homogeneous spherical volume (DSV); Gradient coils; Magnets; Minimum length

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNET; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 20144366430     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20033     Document Type: Review

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