DocumentCode
1002148
Title
A general method of design of axial and radial shim coils for NMR and MRI magnets
Author
Bobrov, E.S. ; Punchard, W. F B
Author_Institution
Francis Bitter Nat. Magnetic Lab., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Volume
24
Issue
1
fYear
1988
fDate
1/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
533
Lastpage
536
Abstract
A novel, efficient method for the design of axial and radial shim coils to suppress undesired harmonic orders in regions of homogeneity is presented. It uses two or three positional degrees of freedom as in the conventional method, but it is not required that these positions be the zeros of any of the source functions. The use of the method is shown for first- through eighth-order axial gradient coils, radial gradient coils, X -gradient coils, and ZX -gradient coils
Keywords
coils; harmonics; magnets; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; MRI magnets; NMR magnets; axial shim coils; degrees of freedom; gradient coils; harmonics; homogeneity; radial shim coils; source functions; spectrometers; Coils; Design methodology; Equations; Image resolution; Impurities; Laboratories; Magnetic fields; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnets; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Signal generators;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9464
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/20.43977
Filename
43977
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