Robust, susceptibility-matched NMR probes for compensation of magnetic field imperfections in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 145-146, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 139-146

  Sipila P ^a,b   Lange, D ^a   Lechner, S ^a,b   Low W ^a   Gross, P ^a   Baller, M ^a   Wachutka, G ^b   Wiesinger, F ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic field monitoring; Microcoils; MRI; NMR probes; Susceptibility matching

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ATOMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PAINTING;

IMAGE ENCODING; MAGNETIC (CE); MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; NANO-LITER; RADIO FREQUENCY (RF); REAL TIME MONITORING; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SOLENOID COILS; WATER VOLUMES;

RESONANCE;

EID: 44849095512     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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