Development of a compact mouse MRI using a yokeless permanent magnet

Magnetic Resonance in Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 137-143

  Shirai, Tohru ^a   Haishi, Tomoyuki ^b   Utsuzawa, Shin ^a,b   Matsuda, Yoshimasa ^a   Kose, Katsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b MRTechnology Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compact MRI; Mn enhanced MRI; Mouse; Permanent magnet

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MOUSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33745005103     PISSN: 13473182     EISSN: 18802206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2463/mrms.4.137     Document Type: Article

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