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Magnetic fields mapping with the phase reference method.

D Tomasi·H Panepucci
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A simple method for imaging the magnetic field produced by arbitrary current distributions is presented. The method is based on the use of a phase reference image and can be easily adapted to any standard magnetic resonance imaging scanner. Examples are given to application to gradient coil characterization and quantitative field measurements.

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D Tomasi, H Panepucci. 1999. Magnetic fields mapping with the phase reference method.. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0730-725x(98)00131-3

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