Optimizing the magnetoinductive lens: Improvement, limits, and possible applications

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Freire, Manuel J ^a   Marques, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

MAGNETOINDUCTIVE LENSES; PRACTICAL LIMITATIONS;

MAGNETIC LENSES;

EID: 38149095010     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2828176     Document Type: Article

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