A high-temperature superconducting Helmholtz probe for microscopy at 9.4 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1032-1038

  Hurlston, S E ^a   Brey, W W ^b   Suddarth, S A ^a   Johnson, G A ^a   Fitzsimons, Elaine G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Conductus Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

HTS probe; MR microscopy; SNR

Indexed keywords

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROBES; SUPERCONDUCTING COILS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

COOLING MECHANISM; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; HELMHOLTZ COIL; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE MICROSCOPY; MR MICROSCOPY; OPERATING PARAMETERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0032900145     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199905)41:5<1032::AID-MRM23>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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