Consideration of magnetically-induced and conservative electric fields within a loaded gradient coil

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1424-1432

  Mao, Weihua ^a   Chronik, Blaine A ^b   Feldman, Rebecca E ^b   Smith, Michael B ^a   Collins, Christopher M ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calculations; Electric fields; Gradient coil; Peripheral nerve stimulation; Scalar potential

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNETISM; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; WINDING;

E-FIELD DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL; GRADIENT COIL; NERVE STIMULATION; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SCALAR POTENTIAL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EQUIPMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; NERVE STIMULATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33744955709     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20897     Document Type: Article

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