Surface normal imaging with a hand-held NMR device

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 308-312

  Brown, M C A ^a   Verganelakis, D A ^b   Mallett, M J D ^c   Mitchell, J ^d   Blumler P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Oxford Magnet Technology   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Imaging; Magnetic field sweep; NMR MOUSE; Portable MRI; Single sided NMR

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NOISE ABATEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; RELAXATION PROCESSES; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

MAGNETIC FIELD SWEEP; NMR-MOBILE UNIVERSAL SURFACE EXPLORER (NMR-MOUSE); PORTABLE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SINGLE SIDED NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 3142531115     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2004.04.013     Document Type: Article

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