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Model gradient coil employing active acoustic control for MRI

Haywood et al., 2007

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7686050149786288697
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Haywood B
Chapman B
Mansfield P
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Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

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Results are presented for a model three-axis gradient coil incorporating active acoustic control which is applied to the switched read gradient during a single-shot rapid echo-planar imaging (EPI) sequence at a field strength of 3.0 T. The total imaging acquisition time was …
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