Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Zeugmatographic Imaging

Waylon V. House; Paul C. Lauterbur

doi:10.1117/12.957164

6 July 1979 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Zeugmatographic Imaging

Waylon V. House, Paul C. Lauterbur

Proceedings Volume 0173, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine VII; (1979) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957164
Event: Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine VII, 1979, Toronto, Canada

Abstract

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) zeugmatographic imaging has some features in common with transmission and emission computed tomography, but there are a number of significant differences. These result, for the most part, from the highly non-linear character of the NMR phenomenon, and, from the slowness of changes in the nuclear magnetization, which take place in times ranging from microseconds to seconds. As a consequence, there is an intrinsic limitation on the sensitivity with which NMR signals can be observed, and the speed and, resolution of imaging applications are almost always limited by the signal-to-noise ratio available. Some biologically and medically interesting images already produced will be shown and future prospects, as well as the advantages of this new technique, outlined.

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Waylon V. House and Paul C. Lauterbur "Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Zeugmatographic Imaging", Proc. SPIE 0173, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine VII, (6 July 1979); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957164

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