Embodiments of a compact portable nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) device are described which generally include a housing that provides a magnetic shield; an axisymmetric permanent magnet assembly in the housing and having a bore, a plurality of magnetic elements that together provide a well confined axisymmetric magnetization for generating a near-homogenous magnetic dipole field B.sub.0 directed along a longitudinal axis and providing a sample cavity for receiving a sample, and high magnetic permeability soft steel poles to improve field uniformity: a shimming assembly with coils disposed at the longitudinal axis for spatially correcting the near homogenous magnetic field B.sub.0; and a spectrometer having a control unit for measuring a metabolite in the sample by applying magnetic stimulus pulses to the sample, measuring free induction delay signals generated by an ensemble of hydrogen protons within the sample; and suppressing a water signal by using a dephasing gradient with frequency selective suppression.

Embodiments of a compact portable nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) device are described which generally include a housing that provides a magnetic shield; an axisymmetric permanent magnet assembly in the housing and having a bore, a plurality of magnetic elements that together provide a well confined axisymmetric magnetization for generating a near-homogenous magnetic dipole field B.sub.0 directed along a longitudinal axis and providing a sample cavity for receiving a sample, and high magnetic permeability soft steel poles to improve field uniformity: a shimming assembly with coils disposed at the longitudinal axis for spatially correcting the near homogenous magnetic field B.sub.0; and a spectrometer having a control unit for measuring a metabolite in the sample by applying magnetic stimulus pulses to the sample, measuring free induction delay signals generated by an ensemble of hydrogen protons within the sample; and suppressing a water signal by using a dephasing gradient with frequency selective suppression.

A monitoring method and device for a magnetic resonance imaging system comprises: acquiring a whole body specific absorption rate of a subject under examination; acquiring a ratio between a local region specific absorption rate and the whole body specific absorption rate of the subject under examination on the basis of current parameter information of a local coupling coil in the magnetic resonance imaging system; and calculating the local region specific absorption rate of the subject under examination on the basis of the ratio between the local region specific absorption rate and the whole body specific absorption rate, and the whole body specific absorption rate.

A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus includes a T/R switch. The T/R switch includes a double sided microstripline based hybrid couplers with a top side and a bottom side each including two concentric microstripline based hybrid couplers. Each of the two concentric microstripline based hybrid couplers includes an inner microstripline based hybrid coupler and an outer microstripline based hybrid coupler. The inner microstripline based hybrid coupler forms an inner loop of the two concentric microstripline based hybrid couplers and the outer microstripline based hybrid coupler forms an outer loop. In a transmission mode, the inner microstripline based hybrid coupler and the outer microstripline based hybrid coupler at the top side of the dual-tuned T/R switch are activated. In a receiving mode the inner microstripline based hybrid coupler and the outer microstripline based hybrid coupler at the top side and at the bottom side of the dual-tuned T/R switch are activated.

To operate a magnetic resonance tomography system, first analysis signals are received by a main receive antenna and an auxiliary receive antenna. Based thereon, a first interference source and first weighting factors are determined. Second analysis signals are received by the main receive antenna and the auxiliary receive antenna and in accordance with the first weighting factors, a combination of the second analysis signals is created. Based thereon, a second interference source is determined. Second weighting factors are determined in order to suppress the influence of the first interference source and an influence of the second interference source. A magnetic resonance signal is received during an examination phase by the main receive antenna and an interference signal by the auxiliary receive antenna. An interference-suppressed magnetic resonance signal is created as a combination of the magnetic resonance signal and the interference signals depending on the second weighting factors.

An apparatus and method for receiving a magnetic resonance (MR) signal for imaging a patient. The MR signal includes a MR frequency. A radio frequency (RF) coil has first and second end portions. An impedance converter is in electrical communication with the RF coil. A preamplifier in electrical communication with the impedance converter, the preamplifier having a gain. At least one resonant circuit electrically connected to at least one end portion of the RF coil.

Disclosed is a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and a magnetic resonance imaging method using same, the magnetic resonance imaging apparatus comprising: a pair of end coils disposed at the top and bottom ends, respectively, having a ring shape, and having a shape in which several spaces cut out of a circumferential shape are connected by switching module; a plurality of leg coils connecting the pair of end coils; and the switching module respectively disposed between the pair of end coils and the plurality of leg coils, wherein the switching module include a high frequency transmission/reception coil opened by a first frequency and shorted by a second frequency different from the first frequency.

Techniques for compensating magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data for artefacts caused by motion of a subject being imaged. The techniques include obtaining spatial frequency data obtained by using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system to perform MRI on a patient, the spatial frequency data including first spatial frequency data and second spatial frequency data; determining a transformation using a first image obtained using the first spatial frequency data and a second image obtained using the second spatial frequency data; determining a residual spatial phase; correcting, using the transformation, second spatial frequency data and the residual spatial phase, to obtain corrected second spatial frequency data and a corrected residual spatial phase; and generating a magnetic resonance (MR) image using the corrected second spatial frequency data and the corrected residual spatial phase.

Systems and methods for locating a substance of interest below the Earth's surface are provided. One embodiment generates a downward directed magnetic pulse using a magnetic field pulse generator, wherein phonon energy is emitted by a plurality of nuclei in response to precession induced into the plurality of nuclei by the magnetic field pulse; detecting the phonon energy with at least one acoustic transducer; communicating a signal corresponding to the detected phonon energy from at least one acoustic transducer to a controller system; analyzing a frequency domain of the signal corresponding to the detected phonon energy at the controller system; comparing the analyzed frequency domain of the signal with the phonon response frequency for the plurality of different substances at the controller system; and identifying a substance when the compared analyzed frequency domain of the signal matches the phonon response frequency for one of the plurality of different substances.

Disclosed is a wireless monitoring system for a coal-gangue mixing ratio based on a non-Hermite technology, including a signal generation monitoring device, an excitation coil, a receiving coil and a parallel plate capacitor. The signal generation monitoring device is connected with the excitation coil; the receiving coil is connected with the parallel plate capacitor to form an LC resonance system; the receiving coil is placed in parallel with the excitation coil, and the axis of the receiving coil and the axis of the excitation coil are on a same horizontal line; the signal generation monitoring device is used to generate a pulse current and collect reflected signals; the excitation coil excites an initial magnetic field based on the generated pulse current, and the LC resonance circuit performs an electromagnetic field induction to generate an induced magnetic field, and feeds back the reflected signals to the signal generation monitoring device.