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Travelling-wave nuclear magnetic resonance

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  • David O. Brunner

    (Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Zürich and ETH Zürich, Gloriastrasse 35, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland)

  • Nicola De Zanche

    (Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Zürich and ETH Zürich, Gloriastrasse 35, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland)

  • Jürg Fröhlich

    (Laboratory for Electromagnetic Fields and Microwave Electronics, ETH Zürich, Gloriastrasse 35, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland)

  • Jan Paska

    (Laboratory for Electromagnetic Fields and Microwave Electronics, ETH Zürich, Gloriastrasse 35, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland)

  • Klaas P. Pruessmann

    (Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University of Zürich and ETH Zürich, Gloriastrasse 35, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland)

Abstract

Travelling-wave NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are widely used in the sciences and medicine. Although the implementation details differ from application to application, the underlying detection principle is the same: the need for intimate coupling (and hence usually close proximity) between nuclear magnetization in the sample and the detector. Brunner et al. show that it is possible to abandon this traditional detection principle, and that the nuclear magnetization signal can be excited and detected by long-range interaction using travelling radiofrequency waves sent and received by an antenna. This approach offers more uniform coverage of larger samples. And by freeing up space in the centre of the costly high-field magnets needed for MRI, it could potentially make the imaging experience more comfortable for human subjects.

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  • David O. Brunner & Nicola De Zanche & Jürg Fröhlich & Jan Paska & Klaas P. Pruessmann, 2009. "Travelling-wave nuclear magnetic resonance," Nature, Nature, vol. 457(7232), pages 994-998, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:457:y:2009:i:7232:d:10.1038_nature07752
    DOI: 10.1038/nature07752
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    1. Yang Gao & Tong Liu & Tao Hong & Youtong Fang & Wen Jiang & Xiaotong Zhang, 2024. "Subwavelength dielectric waveguide for efficient travelling-wave magnetic resonance imaging," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.

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