NMR spiral surface microcoils: Design, fabrication, and imaging

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Eroglu, Sertac ^a   Gimi, Barjor ^a   Roman, Brian ^a,b   Friedman, Gary ^a,c   Magin, Richard L ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Archimedean spiral; NMR microscopy; RF microcoil; Surface coil

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; ELECTRICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; GEOMETRY; IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SURFACE MICROCOIL;

EID: 2442678829     PISSN: 10437347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.10068     Document Type: Article

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