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Table 4.

CMR Hardware

CMR Hardware	Details
Magnet	Superconducting magnet with homogenous magnetic field (1.5 T or 3.0 T)
Gradient coils	Within the bore of the magnet. Current-carrying coil which generates a highly linear magnetic field gradient along a particular direction (so that the magnetic field will be stronger in some locations than others). Helps produce images.
Radiofrequency coils	Single or multiple loops of electrical conductor (e.g., wire, tubing) designed to produce a magnetic field from current flowing in the conductor or to detect a voltage induced in the conductor by a changing magnetic field.
Receiver coils	Measures MR signal at the resonance frequency so that the MR image can be produced.

CMR = computed magnetic resonance; MR = magnetic resonance; T = Tesla.