Equivalent magnetization current method applied to the design of gradient coils for magnetic resonance imaging

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 767-775

  Sanchez Lopez, Hector ^a   Liu, Feng ^a   Poole, Michael ^a   Crozier, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biplanar gradient coil design; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Three dimensional gradient coil structure

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIZATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; RESONANCE;

CONDUCTING SURFACES; GRADIENT COIL; MAGNETIZATION CURRENTS; MAGNETIZATION VECTOR; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; SURFACE CURRENT DENSITY; TRIANGULAR ELEMENTS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 60449095586     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.2010053     Document Type: Article

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