Actively shielded gradient coils and echo-planar MRI /
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| Other Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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1993.
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| Online Access: | ProQuest, Abstract Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Abstract: | Echo-planar imaging (EPI), which produces images in 25-100 msec, is the fastest magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique. Its implementation is hampered by the demands it places on the scanner components. It requires strong magnetic gradient fields, produced by rapidly switched gradient coils; therefore the coils must have low inductance. They also have to be accommodated without inducing eddy currents in the magnet's metallic structure, otherwise the images would be degraded. All the major technical problems of echo-planar imaging are solved. Two transverse, actively shielded gradient coils were designed, built and tested. The coils were designed by the combined application of the minimum inductance and target field methods. The gradient strengths are 10 and 13 G/cm, unusually high for EPI, but well suited for microimaging, MR spectroscopy and petrochemical core analysis. The gradient time constants are short, so high resolution images are possible under 50 ms. The research was carried out at on a 4.5T/30cm superconducting, superferric shielded magnet located at the Texas Accelerator Center. The results of EPI and microimaging are presented. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major subject: Physics." |
| Physical Description: | xv, 124 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |