Probe, system and method suitable for unilateral nuclear magnetic resonance
AssigneeUniversity of New Brunswick
InventorsAndrew E. Marble, Joshua J. Young, Igor V. Mastikhin, Bruce G. Colpitts, Bruce J. Balcom
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Abstract
A probe suitable for use in unilateral nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and adapted to be embedded in a sample to be analysed, the probe comprising; a static magnetic field generator; a radiofrequency magnetic field generator adjacent to the static magnetic field generator; a circuit controlling the frequency response of the radiofrequency magnetic field generator, adjacent to the static magnetic field generator; an input cable coupled to the frequency control circuit and the frequency control circuit coupled to the radiofrequency magnetic field generator.
Claims18
A unilateral nuclear magnetic resonance imaging probe adapted to be embedded in a material sample to be analyzed wherein the probe is enclosed firmly in the sample, the probe comprising:
- a permanent magnet;
- a radiofrequency coil adjacent to a pole of the permanent magnet;
- a frequency control circuit that controls the frequency response of the radiofrequency coil the frequency control circuit being adjacent to the permanent magnet and also coupled to the radiofrequency coil;
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- an input cable coupled to the frequency control circuit.
A unilateral nuclear magnetic resonance imaging system comprising:
- a probe adapted to be embedded in a non-human sample to be analyzed wherein the probe is enclosed firmly in the sample,
- the probe comprising:
- a permanent magnet;
- a radiofrequency coil;
- a radiofrequency supply module connected to the radiofrequency coil, capable of generating a radiofrequency signal compatible with nuclear magnetic resonance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.