NMR probeheads for in vivo applications

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 361-388

  Haase, Axel ^a,b   Odoj, Florian ^a,c   Von Kienlin, Markus ^a,d   Warnking, Jan ^a,e   Fidler, Florian ^a   Weisser, Alexander ^a,c   Nittka, Mathias ^a,b   Rommel, Eberhard ^a,b   Lanz, Titus ^a   Kalusche, Bernhard ^a,f   Griswold, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b University of Würzburg ^*  (Germany)

^c RAPID BIOMEDICAL GMBH   (Germany)

^d MR Imaging and Spectroscopy   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^f LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dual tuned coils; Imaging; Magnetic resonance; Microscopy coils; Radio frequency; Spectroscopy; Surface coils; Volume coils

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034358974     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0534(2000)12:6<361::AID-CMR1>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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