Gradient Coil

• alters Bz magnetic field strength linearly along x, y or z axis of the bore.

• local Larmor frequency scales with local field (i.e., linear increase)

negative

positive

3.9995T

(29,995G)

3T

(30,000G)

3.0005T

(30,005G)

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