Dipolar Halbach magnet stacks made from identically shaped permanent magnets for magnetic resonance

Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part A: Bridging Education and Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 211-222

  Soltner, H ^a   Blumler P ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

EPR; ESR; Homogeneity; Magic ring; Mandhala; Mobile; MRI; NMR; Permanent magnet; Portable

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955803925     PISSN: 15466086     EISSN: 15525023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cmr.a.20165     Document Type: Article

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