A Cryo-cooling Microfluidic Channel Device for Magnetic Resonance (mr) Microscopy System

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  • C. Koo
  • M. A. Carrillo
  • M. P. McDougall
  • S. M. Wright
  • A. Han
چکیده

ABSTRACT The development of a cryo-cooling microfluidic device for reducing the resistive noise of a magnetic resonance (MR) microcoil to improve its signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in MR microscopy applications is presented. The radiofrequency (RF) spiral coil was cryo-cooled to liquid nitrogen temperature (-196oC) by the integrated microfluidic channels carrying liquid nitrogen for decreasing the thermal noise of the coil. Our prototype had a Q factor increase of 1.78 folds while preventing the imaging sample from freezing.

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تاریخ انتشار 2010