Performance of a high-temperature superconducting probe for in vivo microscopy at 2.0 T

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 72-79

  Miller, Jason R ^a,d   Hurlston, Sarah E ^b   Ma, Q Y ^a   Face, Dean W ^c   Kountz, Dennis J ^c   MacFall, James R ^b   Hedlund, Laurence W ^b   Johnson, G Allan ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^d MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

High temperature superconductors (HTS); In vivo microscopy; Radio frequency (RF) coils; Superconducting resonators

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROBES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SUPERCONDUCTING COILS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTING RESONATORS;

EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING; IN-VIVO; MAGNETIC RESONANCE MICROSCOPY; NON-UNIFORM EXCITATIONS; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; RADIO FREQUENCY COILS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERFORMANCE; RAT; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 0032956456     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2594(199901)41:1<72::AID-MRM11>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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