Novel target-field method for designing shielded biplanar shim and gradient coils

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 40, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1929-1938

  Forbes, Larry K ^a   Crozier, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biot Savart law; Biplanar coils; Integral equation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Target field; Winding patterns

Indexed keywords

BIOT-SAVART LAW; BIPLANAR COILS; GRADIENT COILS; WINDING PATTERNS;

CURRENT DENSITY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTONS;

MAGNETIC SHIELDING;

EID: 4444347816     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2004.828934     Document Type: Article

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