A tuned SQUID amplifier for MRI based on a DOIT flux locked loop

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 7, Issue 2 PART 3, 1997, Pages 3213-3216

  Selon, H C ^a   Hutchison, Ims ^a   Busseil, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); BANDWIDTH; CRYOSTATS; ELECTRIC COILS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

DIRECT OFFSET INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES (DOIT); FLUX LOCKED LOOP; MAGNETIC FIELD RESOLUTION; PICK UP COILS;

SQUIDS;

EID: 0031168008     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.622015     Document Type: Article

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