High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets for NMR and MRI: R&D Activities at the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory

This paper describes the NMR/MRI magnets that are currently being developed at the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory: 1) a 1.3 GHz NMR magnet; 2) a compact NMR magnet assembled from YBCO annuli; and 3) a persistent-mode, fully-protected MgB[subscript 2] 0.5-T/800-mm whole-body MRI magnet.

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Main Authors: Iwasa, Yukikazu, Bascunan, Juan, Hahn, Seung-Yong, Tomita, Masaru, Yao, Weijun
Other Authors: Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69163
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5712-7350
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author Iwasa, Yukikazu
Bascunan, Juan
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Tomita, Masaru
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description This paper describes the NMR/MRI magnets that are currently being developed at the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory: 1) a 1.3 GHz NMR magnet; 2) a compact NMR magnet assembled from YBCO annuli; and 3) a persistent-mode, fully-protected MgB[subscript 2] 0.5-T/800-mm whole-body MRI magnet.
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spelling mit-1721.1/691632022-09-29T22:58:58Z High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets for NMR and MRI: R&D Activities at the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory Iwasa, Yukikazu Bascunan, Juan Hahn, Seung-Yong Tomita, Masaru Yao, Weijun Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Iwasa, Yukikazu Iwasa, Yukikazu Bascunan, Juan Hahn, Seung-Yong Tomita, Masaru Yao, Weijun This paper describes the NMR/MRI magnets that are currently being developed at the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory: 1) a 1.3 GHz NMR magnet; 2) a compact NMR magnet assembled from YBCO annuli; and 3) a persistent-mode, fully-protected MgB[subscript 2] 0.5-T/800-mm whole-body MRI magnet. National Institute of General Medical Sciences (U.S.) National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (U.S.) National Center for Research Resources (U.S.) 2012-02-23T16:47:36Z 2012-02-23T16:47:36Z 2010-06 2009-10 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1051-8223 1558-2515 INSPEC Accession Number: 11323267 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69163 Iwasa, Yukikazu et al. “High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets for NMR and MRI: R&D Activities at the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory.” IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 20.3 (2010): 718-721. Web. 23 Feb. 2012. © 2010 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5712-7350 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tasc.2010.2040073 IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) IEEE
spellingShingle Iwasa, Yukikazu
Bascunan, Juan
Hahn, Seung-Yong
Tomita, Masaru
Yao, Weijun
High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets for NMR and MRI: R&D Activities at the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory
title High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets for NMR and MRI: R&D Activities at the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory
title_full High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets for NMR and MRI: R&D Activities at the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory
title_fullStr High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets for NMR and MRI: R&D Activities at the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory
title_full_unstemmed High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets for NMR and MRI: R&D Activities at the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory
title_short High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets for NMR and MRI: R&D Activities at the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory
title_sort high temperature superconducting magnets for nmr and mri r d activities at the mit francis bitter magnet laboratory
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69163
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5712-7350
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