Design of actively shielded main magnets: An improved functional method

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-67

  Cheng, Yu Chung N ^a   Eagan, Timothy P ^a   Brown, Robert W ^a   Shvartsman, Shmaryu M ^a,b   Thompson, Michael R ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activate shielding; Functional; Magnet; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIRECT CURRENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MAGNET; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; STRENGTH; SUPERCONDUCTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 27144533908     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-003-0012-x     Document Type: Article

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