Superconducting receiver coils for sodium magnetic resonance imaging

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1197-1199

  Miller, J R ^a   Zhang, K ^a   Ma, Q Y ^a   Mun, I K ^b   Jung, K J ^b   Katz, J ^b   Face, D W ^c   Kountz, D J ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b DuPont ^*  (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SODIUM; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

SODIUM IMAGING; SUPERCONDUCTING RECEIVER COILS;

SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

COPPER; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0030560948     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.544344     Document Type: Article

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