Split gradient coils for simultaneous PET-MRI

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1106-1111

  Poole, Michael ^a   Bowtell, Richard ^a   Green, Dan ^b   Pittard, Simon ^b   Lucas, Alun ^c   Hawkes, Rob ^c   Carpenter, Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Varian Limited UK   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Gradient coils; PET MRI; Positron emission tomography; Split gradient

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; ELECTRONS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; POSITRONS; SAILING VESSELS; SCANNING; SHIMS;

GRADIENT COIL; INVERSE BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHODS; PET MRIS; POSITRON DETECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); SCINTILLATING CRYSTALS; SPLIT GRADIENT COILS; SPLIT MAGNETS;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; ENGINEERING; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 70449434893     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.22143     Document Type: Article

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