The invention relates to a high-temperature and high-pressure nuclear magnetic resonance core holder. An inner cylinder body of the core holder is provided in an outer cylinder body, a nuclear magnetic resonance probe coil is provided between the outer cylinder body and the inner cylinder body, two plugging sleeves are respectively provided between both ends of the inner cylinder body and between both ends of the outer cylinder body, a sealing groove is provided at the inner side of each plugging sleeve, a sealing joint component is provided in each sealing groove of each plugging sleeve, and two ends of the nuclear magnetic resonance probe coil are respectively connected with the sealing joint component, so that the nuclear magnetic resonance probe coil can be led out. The holder disclosed by the invention is compatible with nuclear magnetic resonance, integrates injection displacement experiments and nuclear magnetic resonance measurement, and adopts a sealing solution to ensure the sealing performance of the joint of the outer cylinder body and the inner cylinder body, so as to adapt to nuclear magnetic resonance on-line measurement and analysis experiments under the condition of simulative deep basin high-temperature and high-pressure.

Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for imaging nano magnetic particles. The apparatus may include a measurement head in which a through hole for accommodating a sample including nano magnetic particles is formed and in which an excitation coil and a detection coil are installed, a field-free region generation unit for forming a field-free region, in which there are few or no magnetic fields, in a spacing area between the identical magnetic poles that face each other, and a control unit for applying a signal to the excitation coil when the measurement head is located inside the spacing area of the field-free region generation unit, controlling the field-free region so as to move in the sample, and imaging the 3D positional distribution of the nano magnetic particles included in the sample based on a detection signal output from the detection coil.

Methods and apparatus for reducing noise in RF signal chain circuitry for a low-field magnetic resonance imaging system are provided. A switching circuit in the RF signal chain circuitry may include at least one field effect transistor (FET) configured to operate as an RF switch at an operating frequency of less than 10 MHz. A decoupling circuit may include tuning circuitry coupled across inputs of an amplifier and active feedback circuitry coupled between an output of the amplifier and an input of the amplifier, wherein the active feedback circuitry includes a feedback capacitor configured to reduce a quality factor of an RF coil coupled to the amplifier.

A transceiver coil arrangement for an MAS NMR probe head has a first transceiver coil with a longitudinal axis Z for generating a first HF magnetic field B1, the first transceiver coil having at least one solenoid-shaped section with an electrical conductor having a path width W and N3 windings, wherein all windings run around the longitudinal axis Z of the transceiver coil 1. The electrical conductor has a slope S and each half-winding is tilted at a tilt T relative to the longitudinal axis Z, wherein T0 for at least a portion of the half-windings. According to the invention, at least two of the following variables change over the course t of the length of the electrical conductor: Tilt T=T(t), slope S=S(t), conductor path width W=W(t), allowing the transceiver coil to be optimized to improve the homogeneous region.

The disclosure relates to a magnetic resonance imaging device comprising a main magnet, a gradient system including at least one gradient coil, a thermal bus structure, a shield structure arranged between the gradient system and the main magnet and a cryocooler including a cold head, wherein the shield structure is configured to reduce a transport of heat energy to the main magnet and wherein the main magnet comprises a magnet spacer configured for spacing individual coils of the main magnet, wherein the thermal bus structure comprises at least one thermal bus element extending through the magnet spacer for providing a thermal connection between the cold head of the cryocooler and the shield structure.

The invention relates to an NMR probe head having a transceiver coil arrangement with a first transceiver coil for generating a first RF magnetic field B1, wherein the first transceiver coil comprises an electrical conductor having multiple windings about a longitudinal axis Z, and wherein the electrical conductor of the first transceiver coil is designed as a strip-shaped conductor with a conductor width W that decreases at least twice and increases at least twice within each winding. The invention can provide an NMR probe head that has a transceiver coil that has maximum quality factor with simultaneous transparency to other RF magnetic fields that may be radiated.

The present disclosure relates to an insert system for performing positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. The insert system can be reversibly installed to an existing system, such that PET functionality can be introduced into the existing system without the need to significantly modify the existing system. The present disclosure also relates to a multi-modality imaging system capable for conducting both PET imaging and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The PET and MRI imaging can be performed simultaneously or sequentially, while the performance of neither imaging modality is compromised for the operation of the other imaging modality.

Methods and apparatus for reducing noise in RF signal chain circuitry for a low-field magnetic resonance imaging system are provided. A switching circuit in the RF signal chain circuitry may include at least one field effect transistor (FET) configured to operate as an RF switch at an operating frequency of less than 10 MHz. A decoupling circuit may include tuning circuitry coupled across inputs of an amplifier and active feedback circuitry coupled between an output of the amplifier and an input of the amplifier, wherein the active feedback circuitry includes a feedback capacitor configured to reduce a quality factor of an RF coil coupled to the amplifier.

The invention relates to a high-temperature and high-pressure nuclear magnetic resonance core holder. An inner cylinder body of the core holder is provided in an outer cylinder body, a nuclear magnetic resonance probe coil is provided between the outer cylinder body and the inner cylinder body, two plugging sleeves are respectively provided between both ends of the inner cylinder body and between both ends of the outer cylinder body, a sealing groove is provided at the inner side of each plugging sleeve, a sealing joint component is provided in each sealing groove of each plugging sleeve, and two ends of the nuclear magnetic resonance probe coil are respectively connected with the sealing joint component, so that the nuclear magnetic resonance probe coil can be led out. The holder disclosed by the invention is compatible with nuclear magnetic resonance, integrates injection displacement experiments and nuclear magnetic resonance measurement, and adopts a sealing solution to ensure the sealing performance of the joint of the outer cylinder body and the inner cylinder body, so as to adapt to nuclear magnetic resonance on-line measurement and analysis experiments under the condition of simulative deep basin high-temperature and high-pressure.

A wearable device and method for noninvasive and continuous monitoring of blood glucose level in a patient. The device may include a unilateral permanent magnet generating a static magnetic field to a target area under the skin of the patient, the target area comprising blood vessels and tissue surrounding the blood vessels. The device may also include a transmitter delivering a radiofrequency (RF) field to the target area to excite proton nuclear spins in the target area, wherein at least a portion of the transmitter is positioned between the magnet and the skin. The device may further include a sensor detecting a RF signal from the excited proton nuclear spins in the target area. A processing arrangement may receive data corresponding to the detected RF signal from the sensor and determine a level of blood glucose in the patient based on the data.