Forward electric field calculation using BEM for time-varying magnetic field gradients and motion in strong static fields

Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements

Volumn 33, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 1074-1088

  Sanchez, Clemente Cobos ^a   Bowtell, Richard W ^a   Power, Henry ^a   Glover, Paul ^a   Marin, Liviu ^a   Becker, Adib A ^a   Jones, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct BEM simulation; Electric field induced by switched gradients magnetic field and movements; Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BOUNDARY ELEMENTS; CONDUCTING BODIES; DIRECT BEM SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD CALCULATIONS; HUMAN HEAD; INDUCED FIELD; INTEGRAL FORMULATIONS; LOW FREQUENCY; MAGNETIC FIELD GRADIENT; MAGNETIC FIELD VARIATIONS; REALISTIC MODEL; RIGID BODY; SIMPLE GEOMETRIES; STATIC FIELDS; STATIC MAGNETIC FIELDS; TIME-VARYING MAGNETIC FIELDS;

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 67349102745     PISSN: 09557997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enganabound.2009.02.006     Document Type: Article

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