NMR detection and one-dimensional imaging using the inhomogeneous magnetic field of a portable single-sided magnet

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-28

  Rahmatallah, S ^a   Li, Y ^a,b   Seton, H C ^c   MacKenzie, I S ^c   Gregory, J S ^a   Aspden, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Radiological Sciences Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneous; Portable; Profile; Relaxation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

INHOMOGENEOUS; PORTABLE; PROFILE; RELAXATION;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

RUBBER;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RUBBER; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 13444301134     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2004.11.014     Document Type: Article

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