MR microscopy of micron scale structures.
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.
Lee
Seung-Cheol
SC
Department of Physics, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-701, South Korea.
Kim
Kiseong
K
Kim
Junghyun
J
Yi
Jeong Han
JH
Lee
Soonchil
S
Cheong
Chaejoon
C
D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods*