Use of multi-coil parallel-gap resonators for co-registration EPR/NMR imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-38

  Kawada, Yuuki ^a   Hirata, Hiroshi ^a   Fujii, Hirodata ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Co registration imaging; EPR NMR imaging; Implementation; Resonator

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESONATORS;

COMPOSITE RESONATOR SYSTEMS; COREGISTRATION IMAGING; EPR/NMR IMAGING; IMPLEMENTATION;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRANSDUCER;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TRANSDUCERS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33846005859     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2006.09.014     Document Type: Article

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