title: [NMR radiofrequency microcoil design: usefulness of electromagnetic simulation].
abstract: The extraction of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectra of samples having smaller and smaller volumes is a real challenge. Either these reductions of volume are dictated by the difficulties of production of sufficiently large samples or by necessities of miniaturisation of the analysing system, in both cases a careful design of the radiofrequency coil, ensuring an optimum reception of the NMR signal, is required. We have also evaluated the usefulness of electromagnetic simulation software for the design and optimisation of these radio-frequency coils, which are more and more used in biology and health research projects.
authors.affiliation: Département de physique, université Babes-Bolyai, 1, Kogalniceanu, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Roumanie.
authors.forename: Mircea
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Armenean
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Briguet
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saint-Jalmes
mesh_terms: D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D011846:Radio Waves; D012984:Software