Title :
3-D imaging in living samples: apparatus and techniques
Author :
Indovina, P.L. ; Mom, F. ; Passariello, R. ; Sotgiu, A.
Author_Institution :
Centro di Risonanza Magnetica, L´´Aquila Univ., Italy
Abstract :
A microwave bridge and magnetic field gradient generating assembly for use in reconstructing the spatial distribution of spin labels in living samples of the size of mice and other small rodents are presented. The cylindrically symmetric 16-pole magnet can generate the main field and two of the three field gradients necessary for image reconstruction. The microwave bridge has been tested at 662 MHz, making possible the observation of a 3.3×10-6 mol. physiological solution labeled with a signal-to-noise ratio of two
Keywords :
biological techniques and instruments; paramagnetic resonance; 3D imaging; 662 MHz; cylindrically symmetric 16-pole magnet; image reconstruction; living samples; magnetic field gradient generating assembly; mice; microwave bridge; physiological solution; signal-to-noise ratio; small rodents; spin labels spatial distribution; Assembly; Bridges; Image reconstruction; Magnetic fields; Mice; Microwave generation; Microwave imaging; Rodents; Signal to noise ratio; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1989. Images of the Twenty-First Century., Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1989.95844
