Evaluation of electrorheological fluid dampers for applications at 3-T MRI environment

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 286-294

  Khanicheh, Azadeh ^a   Mintzopoulos, Dionyssios ^b   Weinberg, Brian ^a   Tzika, A Aria ^b   Mavroidis, Constantinos ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Brake; Damper; Electrorheological fluid (ERF); Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Magnetic resonance (MR) compatible robotic mechatronic systems; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ATOMS; COMPLEXATION; DAMPING; ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; NANOFLUIDICS; RESONANCE; RHEOLOGY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VIBRATION CONTROL;

BRAKE ACTUATION; ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL (ER); EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; FLUID DAMPERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); MR IMAGING; MRI IMAGES; NOISE INVESTIGATION; NORMAL OPERATION; OUTPUT PERFORMANCE; RESISTIVE FORCES; RF COILS; SYNTHESIS (OF CHIRAL IONIC LIQUIDS); VARIABLE IMPEDANCE;

FLUIDS;

EID: 46349083330     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2008.924043     Document Type: Article

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