Theory of gradient coil design methods for magnetic resonance imaging

SS Hidalgo‐Tobon - Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The process to produce an MR image includes nuclear alignment, RF excitation, spatial
encoding, and image formation. In simple terms, an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …

[KNIHA][B] NMR studies of translational motion: principles and applications

WS Price - 2009 - books.google.com
Translational motion in solution, either diffusion or fluid flow, is at the heart of chemical and
biochemical reactivity. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) provides a powerful non …

Fast optimization of a biplanar gradient coil set

D Tomasi, EC Caparelli, H Panepucci… - Journal of Magnetic …, 1999 - Elsevier
This work presents an approach for fast optimization of gradient coils, using the simulated
annealing method. The shielding condition derived from a target field method and the …

NMR imaging

WS Price - Annual Reports on NMR Spectroscopy, 1998 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging is essentially the use of
one or more magnetic (B 0) or radiofrequency (B 1) gradients to provide a well-defined …

Numerical design of high-efficiency whole-body gradient coils with a hybrid cylindrical-planar structure

C Niu, Q Wang, Y Hu, Y Wang, F Tang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a set of novel whole-body gradient coils is designed for cylindrical magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI) systems. For the sake of high coil efficiency, the design scheme …

Deformation-space method for the design of biplanar transverse gradient coils in open MRI systems

M Zhu, L **a, F Liu, S Crozier - IEEE transactions on magnetics, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose an efficient real-space algorithm for the design of biplanar transverse gradient
coils for use in open magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems. In our method, each wire …

Shielded resistive electromagnets of arbitrary surface geometry using the boundary element method and a minimum energy constraint

CT Harris, DW Haw, WB Handler, BA Chronik - Journal of Magnetic …, 2013 - Elsevier
Eddy currents are generated in MR by the use of rapidly switched electromagnets, resulting
in time varying and spatially varying magnetic fields that must be either minimized or …

Optimal bi-planar gradient coil configurations for diamond nitrogen-vacancy based diffusion-weighted NMR experiments

P Amrein, F Bruckmaier, F Jia, DB Bucher… - … Resonance Materials in …, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Diffusion weighting in optically detected magnetic resonance experiments
involving diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers can provide valuable microstructural …

Electromagnet design allowing explicit and simultaneous control of minimum wire spacing and field uniformity

CT Harris, WB Handler… - Concepts in Magnetic …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
An adaptive algorithm is presented that works to independently and explicitly control both
local power deposition and magnetic field uniformity in a robust, automated manner. The …

Planar gradient coil design using L1 and L2 norms

H Sanchez Lopez, Y Xu, PN Andono, Y Chang… - Applied Magnetic …, 2018 - Springer
We present a novel and general formulation for the optimisation of gradient coils, wherein
the minimization of the conductor length and the simplicity of construction are two of the …