Design and construction of a prototype high-power B0 insert coil for field-cycled imaging in superconducting MRI systems

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Alford, Jamu K ^a   Scholl, Timothy J ^a   Handler, William B ^a   Chronik, Blaine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Field cycled; Insert coil; Magnet design; Molecular imaging; Targeted contrast agent

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849128211     PISSN: 15525031     EISSN: 1552504X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.b.20132     Document Type: Article

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