Robust x-ray tubes for use within magnetic fields of MR scanners

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2327-2336

  Wen, Zhifei ^a   Fahrig, Rebecca ^a   Pelc, Norbert J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid system; Magnetic field; MR; Robust x ray tube

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TUBES (COMPONENTS); X RAY TUBES;

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; CORRECTION SCHEMES; ELECTRON TRAJECTORIES; ELEMENT MODELS; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES; SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL;

X RAYS;

ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRON BEAM; FLUOROSCOPY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; THEORY; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 22544485952     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1944267     Document Type: Article

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