2010•IEEE Transactions on Applied SuperconductivityOpen access
High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets for NMR and MRI: R&D Activities at the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory
Y. Iwasa, Juan Bascuan, Seungyong Hahn, Masaru Tomita, Weijun Yao
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Abstract
This paper describes the NMR/MRI magnets that are currently being developed at the MIT Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory: 1) a 1.3 GHz NMR magnet; 2) a compact NMR magnet assembled from YBCO annuli; and 3) a persistent-mode, fully-protected MgB20.5-T/800-mm whole-body MRI magnet.
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