Experimental demonstration of a μ=-1 metamaterial lens for magnetic resonance imaging

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Freire, Manuel J ^a   Marques, Ricardo ^a   Jelinek, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; EXPERIMENTS; LENSES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATERIALS SCIENCE; METHOD OF MOMENTS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN DYNAMICS;

APPLICATIONS.; COIL SENSITIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATIONS; IMAGED OBJECTS; METAMATERIAL; METAMATERIAL LENSES; NEW CONCEPTS; NUCLEAR SPINS; RADIO FREQUENCIES; RF FIELDS; SPATIAL LOCALIZATIONS; SURFACE COILS; TO MANY;

RESONANCE;

EID: 57649134958     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3043725     Document Type: Article

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