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Registered Bioimaging of Nanomaterials for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Monitoring
Published on: December 9, 2010
Thin film MRI-high resolution depth imaging with a local surface coil and spin echo SPI
Alexei V Ouriadov1, Rodney P MacGregor, Bruce J Balcom
1Department of Physics, MRI Centre, University of New Brunswick, P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, NB, Canada E3B 5A3.
Abstract:
A multiple echo, single point imaging technique, employing a local surface coil probe, is presented for examination of thin film samples. Depth images with a nominal resolution of 5 microm were acquired with acquisition times on the order of 10 min. The method may be used to observe dynamic phenomenon such as polymerization, wetting, and drying in thin film samples. It is readily adapted to spatially resolved diffusion coefficient and T2 relaxation time mapping.

