Advances in whole-body MRI magnets

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 21, Issue 3 PART 2, 2011, Pages 2104-2109

  Cosmus, Thomas C ^a   Parizh, Michael ^a  

^a PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic Resonance Imaging; MRI; Superconducting magnets

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CONTINUOUS SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS; FIELD DECAYS; FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; HORIZONTAL FIELDS; HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT; LIFECYCLE COSTS; MAGNET CONFIGURATIONS; MAGNET DESIGNS; MARKET REQUIREMENTS; MEDICAL COMMUNITY; MRI; MRI MAGNETS; PATIENT COMFORT; SOFT TISSUE; STRAY FIELD; VERTICAL FIELDS; WHOLE-BODY;

COST REDUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HELIUM; MAGNETS; RESONANCE; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TISSUE; VISUALIZATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 79957886608     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2010.2084981     Document Type: Article

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