Use of a DC SQUID receiver preamplifier in a low field MRI system

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 3218-3221

  Seton, H C ^a   Bussell, D M ^a   Hutchison, J M S ^a   Lurie, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; CRYOSTATS; ELECTRIC COILS; HELIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESONANCE; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; SQUIDS; TEMPERATURE;

DC SQUID RECEIVER PREAMPLIFIER; LIQUID HELIUM TEMPERATURE;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0029327553     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: 15582515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.403276     Document Type: Article

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