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Title: Rotating-frame gradient fields for magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear magnetic resonance in low fields

Abstract

A system and method for Fourier encoding a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal is disclosed. A static magnetic field B.sub.0 is provided along a first direction. An NMR signal from the sample is Fourier encoded by applying a rotating-frame gradient field B.sub.G superimposed on the B.sub.0, where the B.sub.G comprises a vector component rotating in a plane perpendicular to the first direction at an angular frequency .omega.in a laboratory frame. The Fourier-encoded NMR signal is detected.

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1117841
Patent Number(s):
8,633,693
Application Number:
12/594,341
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2008 Apr 02
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Bouchard, Louis-Serge, Pines, Alexander, and Demas, Vasiliki. Rotating-frame gradient fields for magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear magnetic resonance in low fields. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
Bouchard, Louis-Serge, Pines, Alexander, & Demas, Vasiliki. Rotating-frame gradient fields for magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear magnetic resonance in low fields. United States.
Bouchard, Louis-Serge, Pines, Alexander, and Demas, Vasiliki. 2014. "Rotating-frame gradient fields for magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear magnetic resonance in low fields". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1117841.
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abstractNote = {A system and method for Fourier encoding a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signal is disclosed. A static magnetic field B.sub.0 is provided along a first direction. An NMR signal from the sample is Fourier encoded by applying a rotating-frame gradient field B.sub.G superimposed on the B.sub.0, where the B.sub.G comprises a vector component rotating in a plane perpendicular to the first direction at an angular frequency .omega.in a laboratory frame. The Fourier-encoded NMR signal is detected.},
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