Solenoidal microcoil design. Part I: Optimizing RF homogeneity and coil dimensions

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 128-142

  Minard, Kevin R ^a   Wind, Robert A ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homogeneity; Microcoil; NMR; RF; SNR; Solenoid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035582655     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0534(2001)13:2<128::AID-CMR1002>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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