Magnetic measurement of liver iron stores: Engineering aspects of a new scanning susceptometer based on high-temperature superconductivity

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4030-4035

  Farrell, D E ^a   Allen, C J ^a   Whilden, M W ^a   Tripp, J H ^a   Usoskin, A ^b   Sheth, S ^c   Brittenham, G M ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USA European High Temperature Superconductors GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Flux transformer; High T c; Imaging; Phantom; Scanning; Storage iron; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; FLUX TRANSFORMER; HIGH- T C; IMAGING; PHANTOM; STORAGE IRON; SUSCEPTIBILITY;

ELECTRIC BATTERIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE ENGINEERING; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; LIVER; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MODELS; MONITORING; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

SCANNING;

EID: 64149129322     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.904839     Document Type: Article

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