A constant gradient unilateral magnet for near-surface MRI profiling

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 228-234

  Marble, Andrew E ^a   Mastikhin, Igor V ^a   Colpitts, Bruce G ^a   Balcom, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inhomogeneous fields; Magnet design; Profiling; Unilateral magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

IRON; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

INHOMOGENEOUS FIELDS; MAGNET DESIGN; PROFILING; UNILATERAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 33750933705     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2006.08.013     Document Type: Article

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