Fabrication of low-field water-cooled resistive magnets for small animal magnetic resonance imaging

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 168-175

  Gilbert, K M ^a   Dalrymple, B ^a   Handler, W B ^a   Scholl, T J ^a   Chronik, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction technique; Magnetic resonance imaging; Resistive magnets

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750877511     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20072     Document Type: Article

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