Theoretical, numerical, and experimental modal analysis of a single-winding gradient coil insert cylinder

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 152-166

  Mechefske, Chris K ^a   Wang, Fenglin ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical modeling; Dynamic analysis; Gradient coil inserts; Modal testing; Mode shapes; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THICKNESS; VIBRATION;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33747113056     PISSN: 09685243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10334-006-0038-y     Document Type: Article

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