Microtesla NMR and high resolution MR imaging using high-Tc SQUIDs

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Liao, Shu Hsien ^a   Chen, Hsien Hsien ^a   Deng, Yu Shan ^a   Wang, Ming Wei ^a   Chen, K L ^b   Liu, C W ^c   Liu, C I ^c   Yang, Hong Chang ^b   Horng, Herng Er ^a   Chieh, J J ^a   Yang, S Y ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MAGQU CO LTD   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Flux coupling; nuclear magnetic resonance magnetic resonance imaging (NMR MRI); superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID)

Indexed keywords

FIELD INHOMOGENEITY; FLUX COUPLING; HIGH RESOLUTION; HIGH-T; IMAGING QUALITY; LOW FIELD; LOW FIELD MRI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); MR IMAGING; NARROW-LINE WIDTH; NMR SPECTRUM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE(NMR); TRIFLUOROETHANOL; TRIMETHYL PHOSPHATE;

ETHANOL; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOLLUSCS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SHELLFISH; SQUIDS;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 84873694187     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2013.2237732     Document Type: Article

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