| Literature DB >> 7984072 |
J G van Heteren1, T W James, L C Bourne.
Abstract
We have built and tested a thin-film high temperature superconducting (HTS) surface coil for MRI at 0.064T. When placed as close as possible to a conductive sample, the 6.7-cm outer diameter HTS coil had a measured signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) 1.8 times higher than a room temperature copper coil of similar size and location. Our results predict that in some cases, SNR gains of about a factor of 2 can be attained in low-field MRI systems by substituting HTS surface coils for copper coils.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7984072 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910320315
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Magn Reson Med ISSN: 0740-3194 Impact factor: 4.668