Concomitant magnetic field gradients and their effects on imaging at low magnetic field strengths

Magn Reson Imaging. 1990;8(1):33-7. doi: 10.1016/0730-725x(90)90209-k.

Abstract

Low-field NMR imaging systems which use large amplitude field gradient pulses (e.g., in flow velocity encoding) may be subject to the undesirable effects of concomitant gradients. We demonstrate the effects of these extra gradients, which arise from Maxwell's equations, and show that the resultant image phase shifts and amplitude changes are consistent with theory.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
  • Models, Statistical