Applications of Ultra-Low field magnetic resonance for imaging and materials studies

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 835-838

  Espy, Michelle ^a   Flynn, Mark ^a   Gomez, John ^a   Hanson, Christina ^a   Kraus, Robert ^a   Magnelind, Per ^a   Maskaly, Karlene ^a   Matlashov, Andrei ^a   Newman, Shaun ^a   Peters, Mark ^a   Sandin, Henrik ^a   Savukov, Igor ^a   Schultz, Larry ^a   Urbaitis, Algis ^a   Volegov, Petr ^a   Zotev, Vadim ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

MRI; SQUID; Ultra low field NMR

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STRUCTURE; CHECK POINTS; CURRENT IMAGING; DATA MEASURING; DIRECT OBSERVATION; MRI; NEW APPLICATIONS; NON-INVASIVE; POLARIZING FIELDS; RELAXOMETERS; RELAXOMETRY; SENSITIVE DETECTION; SIGNAL ACQUISITIONS; SPIN POPULATION; SQUID SENSORS; ULTRA-LOW FIELD; ULTRA-LOW FIELD NMR; WATER PHANTOM;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPIN DYNAMICS; SQUIDS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 68649117065     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2009.2018517     Document Type: Conference Paper

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