A 3-DOF MR-compatible device for magic angle related in vivo experiments

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 316-324

  Tse, Zion Tsz Ho ^a   Elhawary, Haytham ^a   Zivanovic, Aleksandar ^a   Rea, Marc ^a   Paley, Martyn ^c   Bydder, Graeme ^d   Davies, Brian L ^a,b   Young, Ian ^a   Lampérth, Michael U ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Acrobot Company Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Magic angle; Medical robotics; MR compatible mechatronics; MRI

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; RESONANCE; TENDONS;

IN VIVO EXPERIMENTS; MAGIC ANGLE (MA); MAGNETIC (CE); MR-COMPATIBLE; SIGNAL INTENSITY (SI);

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 46349091941     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2008.924109     Document Type: Article

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