Construction and tests of a heart scanner based on superconducting sensors cooled by small stirling cryocoolers

Cryogenics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 821-828

  Rijpma, A P ^a   Blom, C J H A ^b   Balena, A P ^c   De Vries, E ^a   Holland, H J ^a   Ter Brake, H J M ^a   Rogalla, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c THALES NEDERLAND B V   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryocooler; Magnetic interference; SQUID; Stirling cooler; Superconductivity

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; MAGNETOMETERS; SENSORS; SQUIDS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

SMALL STIRLING CRYOCOOLERS;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0034448619     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-2275(01)00036-4     Document Type: Article

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