The design of planar gradient coils. Part II: A weighted superposition method

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-33

  Vegh, Viktor ^a   Zhao, Huawei ^a   Doddrell, David M ^a   Brereton, Ian M ^a   Galloway, Graham J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gradient coil; Insertable; Minimum inductance; MRI; Optimization; Planar; Simulated annealing; Target field method

Indexed keywords

EID: 30744453529     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20050     Document Type: Article

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