An improved equivalent magnetization current method applied to the design of local breast gradient coils

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-55

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equivalent magnetization current (EMC); Gradient coil for breast imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; BREAST IMAGING; COIL DESIGNS; COIL GEOMETRIES; DIFFUSION STUDIES; EQUIVALENT MAGNETIZATION CURRENT (EMC); GRADIENT COIL; GRADIENT COIL FOR BREAST IMAGING; GRADIENT STRENGTH; INVERSE BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHODS; LOCAL GRADIENTS; MAGNETISATION; MAGNETIZATION CURRENTS; PIECE-WISE; PIECEWISE-LINEAR; REGION OF INTEREST; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SAMPLE SHAPE; SIMULTANEOUS IMAGING; SLEW RATE; STANDARD COIL; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; PLASTIC MOLDS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67349192169     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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