Design and construction of a 9.38 T, 183 mm-bore NMR/MRI spectrometer magnet

Author

Wang, S.T. ; Wahrer, R. ; Juang, Y.F. ; Chen, C.J. ; Su, M.

Author_Institution

Wang NMR Inc., Livermore, CA, USA

Volume

30

Issue

4

fYear

1994

fDate

7/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2581

Lastpage

2584

Abstract

A 9.38 T NMR/MRI spectrometer magnet with a 183 mm warm bore has been designed, built and tested. The field uniformity requirements are 0.6 ppm over 25 mm diameter, 2.0 ppm for 40 mm diameter and 12 ppm for 80 mm diameter. In order to assure the achievement of the field uniformity, a set of 18 superconducting shim coils was built. In addition, another set of 18 resistive shim coils was built to correct the diamagnetism of the specimen. The results of a performance test for these systems are described

Keywords

biological NMR; biological techniques and instruments; magnetic resonance spectrometers; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; spectrometer components and accessories; superconducting magnets; 183 mm; 25 mm; 40 mm; 80 mm; 9.38 T; NMR/MRI spectrometer magnet; diamagnetism correction; field uniformity; magnetic resonance imaging; neurological research; nuclear magnetic resonance; performance test; resistive shim coils; superconducting shim coils; warm bore; Boring; Conductors; Helium; Inductance; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nitrogen; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Spectroscopy; Superconducting coils; Superconducting magnets;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.305806

Filename

305806