SQUID detected NMR in microtesla magnetic fields

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Matlachov, Andrei N ^a   Volegov, Petr L ^a   Espy, Michelle A ^a   George, John S ^a   Kraus Jr , Robert H ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; CRYOSTATS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TISSUE;

HOMOGENOUS FIELDS; METALLIC CONTAINERS; MICROTESLA MAGNETIC FIELDS; PRE-POLARIZING FIELDS;

SQUIDS;

ANURA; CEPHALOPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FROG; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; RANIDAE;

EID: 4243051462     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2004.05.015     Document Type: Article

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