High-TcNmr S.F.L.-F. squids for low-field samplesm.o.r.t.mri of room temperature

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 9, Issue 2 PART 3, 1999, Pages 4424-4427

  Schlenga, Klaus ^a   McDermott, Robert F ^a   Clarke, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPECTROMETERS; WHITE NOISE; XENON;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SQUIDS; PROTON SPIN ECHO; ROOM TEMPERATURE SAMPLES; SIGNAL AVERAGING;

SQUIDS;

EID: 0032691145     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.784006     Document Type: Article

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