title: Development of a 1.0 T MR microscope using a Nd-Fe-B permanent magnet.
abstract: A compact 1.0 T MR microscope was developed using a permanent magnet made of high performance Nd-Fe-B magnetic material and a compact MRI console (54 cm (W) x 77 cm (H) x 60 cm (D), 80 kg weight). Since the magnetic field of the permanent magnet had a large temperature coefficient (-1200 ppm/deg), an internal NMR locking technique was developed for the imaging sequences. The performance of the system was evaluated using several biological specimens. As a result, good SNR 3D images at (50 microm)(3)-(200 microm)(3) voxel dimensions were obtained in practical imaging times (0.5-7.5 hours). Thus we have concluded that the permanent-magnet compact MR microscope has great promise as a research or analytical tool.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Physics, University of Tsukuba, 305-8573, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uematsu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kose
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001895:Boron; D004867:Equipment Design; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007501:Iron; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D051379:Mice; D009354:Neodymium
chemical_list: D009354:Neodymium; D007501:Iron; D001895:Boron