NMR Spectroscopy in the Earth's Magnetic Field

Abstract

Magnetic imaging systems used today are quite expensive and are generally used for medical purposes. Apart from this purpose, there are many scientific fields of study whose internal structure is desired to be displayed. Especially in science, different from the techniques used to understand the internal structure of matter, magnetic imaging techniques are also needed. Therefore, the interest in more useful and smaller magnetic imaging systems is increasing. For this purpose, studies on magnetic particle imaging and magnetic resonance imaging techniques have gained momentum. The magnetic resonance imaging technique, which is one of the magnetic imaging systems based on the NMR phenomenon, has passed through numerous stages and has become smaller and more useful. This study examines the basic components of the NMR images made in the earth's magnetic field for different liquids, the T1 and T2 proton relaxation parameters, and the technique of the obtained two-dimensional images with the EFNMR system.

Keywords

• Spin concept
• NMR signals
• MR imaging
• NMR parameters
• Magnetic field of the earth (EFNMR).

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