Gradient-Coil Design: A Multi-Objective Problem

In this work, the design of gradient coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is studied as a multi-objective optimization (MOP) problem, which is successfully solved by using Pareto optimality formalism. The proposed approach is illustrated using a stream function inverse boundary element method...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on magnetics 2012-06, Vol.48 (6), p.1967-1975
Main Authors: Cobos Sanchez, Clemente, Fernandez Pantoja, Mario, Poole, Michael, Rubio Bretones, Amelia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Boundary element method
Coils
Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science
rheology
Dissipation
Exact sciences and technology
Homogeneity
Inclusions
Inductance
Magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetism
Materials science
Optimization
optimization methods
Other topics in materials science
Pareto optimality
Pareto optimization
Pareto optimum
Physics
Studies
Torque
Vectors
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Summary:In this work, the design of gradient coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is studied as a multi-objective optimization (MOP) problem, which is successfully solved by using Pareto optimality formalism. The proposed approach is illustrated using a stream function inverse boundary element method (IBEM), as the coil design paradigm that is capable of including numerous design requirements or objectives. These are frequently in conflict, which stresses the need to deal efficiently with the tradeoff between different coil properties. It is shown that the inclusion of many of the most commonly used coil design requirements (such as field homogeneity, uniformity, magnetic stored energy, power dissipated, torque balanced ... ) reduces the problem to a convex MOP, where Pareto optimal solutions can be efficiently found by using suitable convex optimization procedures. Pertinent examples are studied to illustrate the versatility of the proposed MOP approach, which can be used to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the coil design problem, as well as to handle the different coil requirements efficiently and how they should be combined to yield the best solution for a given problem.
ISSN:0018-9464
1941-0069
DOI:10.1109/TMAG.2011.2179943