SQUID systems adapted to record nuclear magnetism in low magnetic fields

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 846-849

  Burghoff, M ^a   Hartwig, S ^a   Kilian, W ^a   Vorwerk, A ^b   Trahms, L ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic low fields; Magnetic resonance; SQUID

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RELAXATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC SHIELDING; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOCARDIOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION;

COIL SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC LOW FIELDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETISM;

SQUIDS;

EID: 34547436332     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.898203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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