Simulation and verification of magnetic field gradient waveforms in the presence of a metallic vessel in magnetic resonance imaging

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2440-2448

  Goora, Frédéric G ^a   Hui, Han ^a   Colpitts, Bruce G ^a   Balcom, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eddy currents; electromagnetic transients; gradient coil; magnetic resonance imaging; simulation

Indexed keywords

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TRANSIENT; GRADIENT COIL; INDUCED EDDY CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD GRADIENT; METALLIC VESSELS; SIMULATION; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; VESSEL MATERIALS;

EDDY CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 84865511338     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2012.2196051     Document Type: Article

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