A wave equation technique for designing compact gradient coils

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 62-74

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gradient coil design; Insertable; Magnetic resonance imaging; Simulated annealing; Target field method

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646355190     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20061     Document Type: Article

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