Design of a superconducting volume coil for magnetic resonance microscopy of the mouse brain

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-238

  Nouls, John C ^a   Izenson, Michael G ^b   Greeley, Harold P ^b   Johnson, G Allan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CREARE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element radiofrequency model; Helmholtz pair; Microscopy; Mouse brain; Superconducting coil

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CRYOGENICS; ELECTRIC COILS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; RATS; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

FINITE ELEMENT RADIO FREQUENCY MODELS; HELMHOLTZ PAIR; MOUSE BRAIN; SUPERCONDUCTING COILS;

OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 40949149398     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2007.12.018     Document Type: Article

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