A 5 Telsa imaging magnet for imaging laboratory animals

Author

Carolan, James L. ; Burns, W.A. ; Green, Michael A.

Author_Institution

NCC Corp., Martinez, CA, USA

Volume

25

Issue

2

fYear

1989

fDate

3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1759

Lastpage

1762

Abstract

A report is presented on the construction of the first of a series of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) imaging magnets for laboratory animals. The magnet has a 33-cm warm bore with a design central induction of 5.5 T without active shielding and 5.0 T with active shielding. The magnet will be used for both imaging and spectroscopy of living animals. The active shield system is designed so that the 5-G line is less than 3 m from the magnet center when the magnet operates at design field. This permits the magnet to be used within an experimental space commonly available within a university building

Keywords

biological techniques and instruments; biomagnetism; superconducting magnets; 33 cm; 5 T; 5-G line; MRI magnets; active shield system; active shielding; bore; construction; design central induction; external field reduction; imaging laboratory animals; imaging magnet; living animals imaging; spectroscopy of living animals; superconducting magnets; university building; Animals; Boring; Coils; Laboratories; Magnetic confinement; Magnetic moments; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic shielding; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Spectroscopy;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.92641

Filename

92641