Study of Magnetic Resonance Sensitivity for Detection of Materials: Are Multiple Coil Arrays Better than Single Coils

Abstract

Receiver coil arrays to improve the sensitivity of magnetic resonance for use in materials detection applications are considered. In particular, cooled coils, coils for producing circularly polarized magnetic RF fields, coil arrays for multiple frequency magnetic resonance excitation and detection, and coils which are not physically closed are considered.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA386885

Entities

People

  • B. H. Suits

Organizations

  • Michigan Technological University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Circular Polarization
  • Detection
  • Excitation
  • Frequency
  • Land Mines
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetic Resonance
  • Materials
  • Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance
  • Quantum Properties
  • Remote Sensing
  • Resonance
  • Resonant Circuits
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Sensitivity
  • Tuned Circuits

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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