A fast‐switching, low‐inductance gradient set for motion encoding

We present the design for a fast-switching, three-axis microimaging gradient set. To achieve high slew rates, we have reduced the inductance of the windings sacrificing peak gradient amplitude per unit current. The design suits our motion-sensitized measurements of centimeter-sized samples, which require rapidly switched, but low amplitude gradients. The gradient design has also proven useful for its reasonable bore size (12 cm). (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Concepts Magn Reson Part B (Magn Reson Engineering) 39B: 173-179, 2011