Reverse-engineering of gradient coil designs based on experimentally measured magnetic fields and approximate knowledge of coil geometry-application in exposure evaluations

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 32-43

  Liu, Feng ^a   Trakic, Adnan ^a   Lopez, Hector Sanchez ^a   Wei, Qing ^a   Fuentes, Miguel ^a   Weber, Ewald ^a   Crozier, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gradient coils; Measured magnetic field; Reverse engineering; Worker model

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849131739     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20129     Document Type: Article

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