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S E Hurlston1, W W Brey, S A Suddarth, G A Johnson.
Abstract
The design and operation of a high-temperature superconducting (HTS) probe for magnetic resonance microscopy (MRM) at 400 MHz are presented. The design of the probe includes a Helmholtz coil configuration and a stable open-cycle cooling mechanism. Characterization of coil operating parameters is presented to demonstrate the suitability of cryo-cooled coils for MRM. Specifically, the performance of the probe is evaluated by comparison of signal-to-noise (SNR) performance with that of a copper Helmholtz pair, analysis of B1 field homogeneity, and quantification of thermal stability. Images are presented to demonstrate the SNR advantage of the probe for typical MRM applications.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10332887 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2594(199905)41:5<1032::aid-mrm23>3.0.co;2-x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Magn Reson Med ISSN: 0740-3194 Impact factor: 4.668