title: MR microscopy of micron scale structures.
abstract: Magnetic resonance (MR) microscopy of up to 1-5-microm resolutions have been reported previously. The tested phantom structures, however, had widths one order of magnitude bigger than the reported resolutions, e.g., spherical beads or capillary tubes of tens-of-micron diameters or wall thicknesses have been imaged. In this study, we fabricated structures having a few micron widths on a silicon wafer and imaged them using our 1-microm-resolution MR microscopy at 14.1 T. Micron scale width structures were, for the first time, resolved by MR microscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Cheol
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kiseong
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Junghyun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jeong Han
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Soonchil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Chaejoon
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cheong
mesh_terms: D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods*