Ultrashort shielded gradient coil design with 3D geometry

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Shvartsman, Sh ^a   Morich, M ^a   Demeester, G ^a   Zhai, Z ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

3D geometry; Gradient coil; Residual eddy current; Residual eddy current effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444494519     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20044     Document Type: Article

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