Title :
New openings for NMR imaging
Author :
Campanella, R. ; De Luca, F. ; De Simone, B.C. ; Macri, M.A. ; Nuccetelli, C. ; Maraviglia, B.
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Fisica, Roma Univ., Italy
Abstract :
Several techniques for use in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging are discussed. These are: (1) methods to reduce the linewidth of broadband systems, with the aim of imaging solid materials; (2) procedures for producing paramagnetic antibodies for generating images with intensity contrast for characterizing specific tissue; and (3) double irradiation techniques for improving the signal-to-noise ratio for low spin concentrations
Keywords :
biomedical NMR; patient diagnosis; broadband systems; double irradiation techniques; intensity contrast images; linewidth reduction; low pin concentration; medical diagnostic imaging; paramagnetic antibodies production; signal-to-noise ratio; solid materials imaging; tissue characterisation; Biological materials; Character generation; Image generation; Magnetic materials; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Nuclear power generation; Paramagnetic materials; Signal generators; Solids;
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.1989.95893
