Sensitivity enhancement of remotely coupled NMR detectors using wirelessly powered parametric amplification

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 989-996

  Qian, Chunqi ^a   Murphy Boesch, Joseph ^a   Dodd, Stephen ^a   Koretsky, Alan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

parametric amplifier; varactor; wireless

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIODE AMPLIFIERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; RADIO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VARACTORS;

BANDWIDTH REQUIREMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED; INTEGRATED COILS; OSCILLATION THRESHOLD; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; SENSITIVITY ENHANCEMENTS; WIRELESS DETECTION;

PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS;

DEUTERIUM OXIDE; SODIUM 23; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACCELERATION; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OSCILLATION; PHANTOM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84865474515     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.23274     Document Type: Article

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