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Abstract #4234

An automatic design method for arbitrary shaped shielded gradients using a singular value decomposition and meta-heuristic method

Kazuya Sakaguchi1 and Yasuhiko Terada1
1Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

Most of gradients coils are cylindrical or planar, but deformed gradients that fit an object shape should have superior performance. A truncated singular value decomposition (SVD) is a design method for arbitrary shaped gradients, but the design process is time-consuming, especially for shielded gradients. Moreover, coil performance, such as coil inductance and power dissipation cannot be optimized. In this study, we proposed a new strategy that combines the SVD method with a meta-heuristic method for automatically optimizing desired performance for shielded gradients.

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