Boundary element method for an inverse problem in magnetic resonance imaging gradient coils

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 149-173

  Marin, Liviu ^a   Power, Henry ^a   Bowtell, Richard W ^a   Sanchez, Clemente Cobos ^a   Becker, Adib A ^a   Glover, Paul ^a   Jones, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coil design; Divergence free boundary element method; Electromagnetism; Inverse problem; Magnetic resonance imaging; Regularization

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; INTERPOLATION; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

COIL DESIGN; DIVERGENCE FREE BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; TIKHONOV REGULARIZATION METHOD;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 39349090232     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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