Noise performance of a precision pulsed electromagnet power supply for magnetic resonance imaging

IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-86

  Matter, Nathaniel I ^a,b   Chronik, Blaine ^c   Pauly, John M ^a,b   Macovski, Albert ^a,b   Conolly, Steven M ^b,d   Scott, Greig C ^b  

^a IEEE

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Control systems; Electromagnet power supplies; Magnetic fields; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR); Power electronics

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POWER ELECTRONICS;

ELECTROMAGNET POWER SUPPLIES; NOISE PERFORMANCE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POWER SUPPLY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROMAGNETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 37549030458     PISSN: 02780062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMI.2007.903253     Document Type: Article

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