Vibration and acoustic noise characterization of a gradient coil insert in A 4 T MRI

JVC/Journal of Vibration and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 861-880

  Mechefske, Chris K ^a   Yao, G ^a   Wang, Fenglin ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Finite element analysis; Gradient coil; Magnetic resonance imaging; Modal analysis; Modal frequencies; Vibration resonance

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCIES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

GRADIENT COILS; MODAL FREQUENCIES; VIBRATION RESONANCE;

ELECTRIC COILS;

EID: 3042643005     PISSN: 10775463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077546304040948     Document Type: Article

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