Performance of a novel piezoelectric motor at 4.7 T: applications and initial tests

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 426-432

  Turowski, Steven G ^a   Seshadri, Mukund ^a   Loecher, Michael ^a   Podniesinski, Edward ^a   Spernyak, Joseph A ^a   Mazurchuk, Richard V ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; Piezoelectric motor; Small animal imaging

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CERAMICS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; VIBRATION SENSE;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CERAMICS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; MICE, NUDE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 40049097356     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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