@article {382, title = {High-T-c SQUIDs for low-field NMR and MRI of room temperature samples}, journal = {Ieee Transactions on Applied Superconductivity}, volume = {9}, year = {1999}, note = {Ieee T Appl SuperconPart 3225MCTimes Cited:5Cited References Count:18}, month = {Jun}, pages = {4424-4427}, abstract = {

We have constructed a high-T-c SQUID spectrometer to detect NMR signals from samples at room temperature in magnetic fields up to 3 mT. The multiloop SQUID magnetometer has a system noise of about 30 fT/Hz(1/2) at the relevant frequencies of 2 to 100 kHz, The magnetometer is operated in vacuum at 77 K, and is separated from the sample, which is less than 1.5 mm away, by a sapphire window, In a magnetic field of 2 mT we can detect the proton spin echo at 86 kHz without signal averaging. This sensitivity enables us to obtain one-dimensional images. In addition, we present data on hyperpolarized Xe-129, which has an optically pumped polarization of several percent.

}, keywords = {frequencies}, isbn = {1051-8223}, doi = {Doi 10.1109/77.784006}, url = {://WOS:000081964500386}, author = {Schlenga, K. and McDermott, R. F. and Clarke, J. and de Souza, R. E. and Wong-Foy, A. and Pines, A.} } @article {383, title = {Low-field magnetic resonance imaging with a high-T-c dc superconducting quantum interference device}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, volume = {75}, year = {1999}, note = {Appl Phys Lett259URTimes Cited:49Cited References Count:19}, month = {Dec 6}, pages = {3695-3697}, abstract = {

A spectrometer incorporating a high transition temperature dc superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) is used to obtain nuclear magnetic resonance signals from protons in mineral oil at room temperature in fields up to 3 mT. The spatial separation between the SQUID magnetometer at 77 K and the sample at room temperature is less than 1 mm. At 2 mT, the signal is easily resolved in a single scan. Two-dimensional images of samples consisting of pieces of lucite or glass immersed in mineral oil are obtained at 2 mT. (C) 1999 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(99)03649-9].

}, keywords = {mri}, isbn = {0003-6951}, doi = {Doi 10.1063/1.125432}, url = {://WOS:000083912800035}, author = {Schlenga, K. and McDermott, R. and Clarke, J. and de Souza, R. E. and Wong-Foy, A. and Pines, A.} } @article {387, title = {NMR and MRI obtained with high transition temperature DC SQUIDs}, journal = {Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society}, volume = {10}, year = {1999}, note = {J Brazil Chem Soc259BETimes Cited:11Cited References Count:30}, month = {Jul-Aug}, pages = {307-312}, abstract = {

We have measured nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signals from several samples at room temperature in magnetic fields ranging from about 0.05 mT to 2 mT using a spectrometer based on a high-T-c de SQUID (high transition temperature de Superconducting QUantum Interference Device). We are able to observe proton signals from 1 mL of mineral oil in 2 mT in a single transient. The sensitivity of this system has also allowed the detection of proton NMR at magnetic fields as low as 0.059 mT, which is comparable to the Earth\&$\#$39;s field. Such results make possible a number of new experiments in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We present a two-dimensional image of a phantom filled with mineral oil obtained in a field of 2 mT.

}, keywords = {system}, isbn = {0103-5053}, url = {://WOS:000083873500009}, author = {de Souza, R. E. and Schlenga, K. and Wong-Foy, A. and McDermott, R. and Pines, A. and Clarke, J.} }