Title :
High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets for NMR and MRI: R&D Activities at the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory
Author :
Iwasa, Yukikazu ; Bascuñán, Juan ; Hahn, Seungyong ; Tomita, Masaru ; Yao, Weijun
Author_Institution :
Francis Bitter Magn. Lab. (FBML), MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
fDate :
6/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes the NMR/MRI magnets that are currently being developed at the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory: 1) a 1.3 GHz NMR magnet; 2) a compact NMR magnet assembled from YBCO annuli; and 3) a persistent-mode, fully-protected MgB2 0.5-T/800-mm whole-body MRI magnet.
Keywords :
barium compounds; high-temperature superconductors; magnesium compounds; magnetic resonance imaging; nuclear magnetic resonance; superconducting magnets; yttrium compounds; MRI; MgB2; NMR; YBCO; frequency 1.3 GHz; high-temperature superconducting magnets; magnetic flux density 0.5 T; ${rm MgB}_{2}$ MRI magnet; Compact NMR annulus magnet; LTS/HTS NMR magnet;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2010.2040073
