A finite difference method for the design of gradient coils in MRI-an initial framework

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2412-2421

  Zhu, Minhua ^a   Xia, Ling ^a   Liu, Feng ^b   Zhu, Jianfeng ^a   Kang, Liyi ^a   Crozier, Stuart ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finite difference method (FDM); gradient coil; MRI; stream function

Indexed keywords

BIPLANAR; COIL DESIGNS; COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; DESIGN METHOD; FINITE DIFFERENCE; GRADIENT COIL; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; REGULARIZATION SCHEMES; RF DESIGN; STREAMFUNCTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

DESIGN;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GRADIENT COIL; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84865517789     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: 15582531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2012.2188290     Document Type: Article

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