Simultaneous magnetoencephalography and SQUID detected nuclear MR in microtesta magnetic fields

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 467-470

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

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Low magnetic field; MEG; MRI; NMR; SQUID

Indexed keywords

BRAIN MAPPING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOLLUSCS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; SHELLFISH; SQUIDS;

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; LARMOR FREQUENCIES; LOW MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEURONAL ACTIVITIES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE(NMR); SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

ARTICLE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 4243202770     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.20193     Document Type: Article

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