Electricity: measuring and testing – Particle precession resonance – Using a nuclear resonance spectrometer system
Patent
1989-04-26
1991-09-24
Tokar, Michael J.
Electricity: measuring and testing
Particle precession resonance
Using a nuclear resonance spectrometer system
G01R 3320
Patent
active
050516981
ABSTRACT:
Enhanced NMR images of a desired portion of an object are obtained by obtaining a plurality of NMR responses of the object each response comprising information from a plurality of smaller volumes within the object and by combining together the plurality of NMR responses by addition or subtraction to obtain enhanced images from the selected smaller volumes.
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National Research Development Corporation
Tokar Michael J.
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