3D Gradient coil design - Toroidal surfaces

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-40

  While, Peter T ^a   Forbes, Larry K ^a   Crozier, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gradient coil design; Inverse method; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Three dimensional (3D) geometry; Toroidal; Torus

Indexed keywords

GRADIENT COIL DESIGN; INVERSE METHOD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) GEOMETRY; TOROIDAL; TORUS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; WINDING;

DESIGN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 63349102758     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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