Tuned SQUID-MRI system with resonant frequency adjustment

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 850-853

  Seton, Hugh C ^a   Rieger, Sebastian W ^a   Hutchison, James M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; SQUID magnetometers

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SQUIDS; TUNING;

FEEDBACK LOOPS; FLUX LOCKING ELECTRONICS; TEMPERATURE COILS;

MAGNETOMETERS;

EID: 34547403724     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.898258     Document Type: Conference Paper

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