SQUID-detected in vivo MRI at microtesla magnetic fields

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 15, Issue 2 PART I, 2005, Pages 757-760

  Mößle, Michael ^a   Myers, Whittier R ^b   Lee, Seung Kyun ^b   Kelso, Nathan ^b   Hatridge, Michael ^b   Pines, Alexander ^a   Clarke, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

In vivo images; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nuclear magnetic resonance; SQUID

Indexed keywords

FARADAY EFFECT; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

IN VIVO IMAGES; MICROTESLA FIELDS; PREPOLARIZATION; SPIN PRECESSION FREQUENCY;

SQUIDS;

EID: 22044436931     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2005.850043     Document Type: Conference Paper

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