Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
368-06-015 ISMRM Abstract

Design of a gradient coil set for a 0.7 T ultra-compact HTS MRI scanner

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Joseph Bailey1, Max Goddard-Winchester1, Steven Smart1, Sebastian Hellmann1, Sebastian Theilenberg2,3,4, Lance DelaBarre5, Michael Garwood5, Ben Parkinson 1
1Robinson Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
2Yale University, New Haven, United States of America
3Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University, New Haven, United States of America
4Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale University, New Haven, United States of America
5Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Dept. of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, United States of America
Presenting Author: Ben Parkinson

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