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US 2007/0176600 A1Published application
Use of two or more sensors in a nuclear quadrupole resonance detection system to improve signal-to-noise ratio
AssigneeE. I. DuPont de Nemours and Company
InventorsDaniel Laubacher, James McCambridge, Charles Wilker
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Abstract
The use of two or more sensors tuned to the same nuclear quadrupole resonance frequency and detecting the nuclear quadrupole resonance signal results in improved signal-to-noise ratio and therefore improved nuclear quadrupole resonance detection system performance.
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A method of detecting nuclear quadrupole resonance in an object, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing two or more high temperature superconductor self-resonant planar coil sensors each tuned to a specified nuclear quadrupole resonance frequency, wherein each sensor is solely operative to detect the specified nuclear quadrupole resonance signal, each sensor being connected by an electrical path to a combination point;
- b) using a single shielded-loop resonator coil, to apply a radio frequency magnetic field to the object;
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- c) adjusting the signals detected by the sensors in accordance with the electrical path so that the signals are coherent with each other and add constructively at the combination point.
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A nuclear quadrupole resonance detection system for detecting nuclear quadrupole resonance in an object, comprising:
- a) a single shielded-loop resonator coil for applying a radio frequency magnetic field to the object;
- b) two or more high temperature superconductor self-resonant planar coil sensors each tuned to a specified nuclear quadrupole resonance frequency, each sensor being operative solely to detect the specified nuclear quadrupole resonance signal, each sensor being connected by an electrical path to a combination point;
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- the nuclear quadrupole resonance signals detected by the sensors being adjusted in accordance with the electrical path connecting each sensor to the combination point so that the signals are coherent and add constructively at the combination point.
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