High-temperature superconducting magnets for NMR and MRI: R∧D activities at the MIT francis bitter magnet laboratory

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 718-721

  Iwasa, Yukikazu ^a   Bascuñán, Juan ^a   Hahn, Seungyong ^a   Tomita, Masaru ^b   Yao, Weijun ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RAILWAY TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compact NMR annulus magnet; LTS HTS NMR magnet; MgB2 MRI magnet

Indexed keywords

BITTER MAGNETS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING; LTS/HTS NMR MAGNET; MGB2 MRI MAGNET; MRI MAGNETS; NMR MAGNETS; WHOLE-BODY;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MAGNETS; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

EID: 77952954219     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2010.2040073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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