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Optimized geometry for superconducting sensing coils
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Eom, Byeong Ho Hahn, Inseob Pananen, Konstantin |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Description | An optimized geometry has been proposed for superconducting sensing coils that are used in conjunction with superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetoencephalography (MEG), and related applications in which magnetic fields of small dipoles are detected. In designing a coil of this type, as in designing other sensing coils, one seeks to maximize the sensitivity of the detector of which the coil is a part, subject to geometric constraints arising from the proximity of other required equipment. In MRI or MEG, the main benefit of maximizing the sensitivity would be to enable minimization of measurement time. In general, to maximize the sensitivity of a detector based on a sensing coil coupled with a SQUID sensor, it is necessary to maximize the magnetic flux enclosed by the sensing coil while minimizing the self-inductance of this coil. Simply making the coil larger may increase its self-inductance and does not necessarily increase sensitivity because it also effectively increases the distance from the sample that contains the source of the signal that one seeks to detect. Additional constraints on the size and shape of the coil and on the distance from the sample arise from the fact that the sample is at room temperature but the coil and the SQUID sensor must be enclosed within a cryogenic shield to maintain superconductivity. |
| File Size | 328430 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20090020618 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3033tk48 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2008-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Technology Utilization And Surface Transportation Sensitivity Magnetic Coils Magnetic Resonance Superconductivity Cryogenics Imaging Techniques Squid Detectors Magnetic Fields Room Temperature Optimization Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
