Low field electron paramagnetic resonance imaging with SQUID detection

US8179135B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · US
• The Regents of the University of California · US

Inventors

• Inseob Hahn · La Cañada Flintridge, US
• Peter K. Day · Pasadena, US
• Konstantin I. Penanen · Glendale, US
• Byeong H. Eom · Pasadena, US
• Mark Cohen · Chicago, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 26, 2009
• Grant date: May 15, 2012
• Expiry date: Apr 14, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01R33/326
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In one embodiment, a flux transformer with a gradiometer pickup coil is magnetically coupled to a SQUID, and a SQUID array amplifier comprising a plurality of SQUIDs, connected in series, is magnetically coupled to the output of the SQUID. Other embodiments are described and claimed.