• DocumentCode
    1716343
  • Title

    A low-field P-31 NMR spectrometer to measure bone mineral in the human wrist

  • Author

    Battocletti, Joseph H. ; Myers, Thomas J. ; Scheidt, Robert

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Neurosurg., Med. Coll. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
  • fYear
    1989
  • Firstpage
    845
  • Abstract
    Nuclear magnetic resonance phosphorus spectroscopy (NMRS) is a method of measuring the mineral content of bone as a diagnostic tool for osteoporosis. A description is given of the design and construction of a low-field spectrometer for the human wrist. It uses a small-size permanent magnet of neodymium-iron-boron. The questions of whether a low-field spectrometer is sensitive enough to measure the phosphorus mineral content of bone and to what extent the phosphorus in soft tissue affects the measurement of bone mass are discussed
  • Keywords
    biomedical NMR; biomedical equipment; bone; patient diagnosis; Nd-Fe-B; bone mineral; construction; design; diagnostic tool; human wrist; low field 31P NMR spectrometer; mineral content; osteoporosis; small-size permanent magnet; Biological tissues; Bones; Humans; Mass spectroscopy; Minerals; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Nuclear measurements; Osteoporosis; Permanent magnets; Wrist;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1989.96013
  • Filename
    96013
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1716343