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Quantifying Mixing using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Published on: January 25, 2012
Magnetic resonance imaging
Bernhard Blümich1, Nicolas Boulant2, Michael Garwood3
1Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Abstract:
Magnetic resonance imaging explores the atomic-scale and mesoscale environments of nuclear spin to produce images predominantly of soft matter. Within 10 years of its first realization over 50 years ago, it has been established in medical diagnostics. It has undergone continuous development to improve image quality and sensitivity by using both higher magnetic fields and by making instrumentation more affordable and portable. The physical principles and major milestones of MRI are reviewed and concluded with an outlook into the future.
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