A design of permanent magnet array for unilateral NMR device

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-208

  Kato, Hirokazu ^a   Kishi, Kanji ^b   Takahashi, Norio ^a   Asaumi, Jun Ichi ^c   Honda, Yasutoshi ^c   Yanagi, Yoshinobu ^c   Aoki, Masaaki ^d  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Himeji Dental Hygienist College   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HITACHI CABLE LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Magnetic circuit; Magnetic flux density; Permanent magnet; Uniformity; Unilateral NMR

Indexed keywords

EID: 55049101726     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20115     Document Type: Article

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