Magnetic Resonance Microscopy

Prof. Sabina Haber-Pohlmeier is Principal Investigator at the University of Stuttgart focusing on relaxometry, especially fast field cycling relaxometry, of fluids in porous media, spatially resolved studies in soil-plant systems, investigation of transport processes and combination of MRI with complementary non-invasive tomographic methods such as neutron imaging.Prof. Bernhard Blümich was Chair of Macromolecular Chemistry at RWTH Aachen University and is cofounder and director of Magritek Ltd., a manufacturer of tabletop NMR spectrometers and the NMR-MOUSE. His work aims at understanding the macroscopic properties of polymer and porous materials on a microscopic and molecular scale employing novel NMR methods and instrumentation. Dr. Luisa Ciobanu is currently Research Director at NeuroSpin, CEA-Saclay and focuses on the development of new techniques for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at high and ultra-high magnetic fields for the understanding of fundamental physical principles underlying biological function.

• Foreword ixPreface xiPart I: Developments in Hardware and Methods 11 Microengineering Improves MR Sensitivity 3Neil MacKinnon, Jan G. Korvink, and Mazin Jouda2 Ceramic Coils for MR Microscopy 25Marine A.C. Moussu, Redha Abdeddaim, Stanislav Glybovski, Stefan Enoch, and Luisa Ciobanu3 Portable Brain Scanner Technology for Use in Emergency Medicine 49Lawrence L. Wald and Clarissa Z. Cooley4 Technology for Ultrahigh Field Imaging 75Kamil Uğurbil5 Sweep Imaging with Fourier Transformation (SWIFT) 101Djaudat Idiyatullin and Michael Garwood6 Methods Based on Solution Flow, Improved Detection, and Hyperpolarization for Enhanced Magnetic Resonance 133Patrick Berthault and Gaspard Huber Copyrighted Material7 Advances and Adventures with Mobile NMR 155Bernhard Blümich, Denis Jaschtschuk, and Christian RehornPart II: Applications in Chemical Engineering 1738 Ultrafast MR Techniques to Image Multi-phase Flows in Pipes and Reactors: Bubble Burst Hydrodynamics 175Andrew J. Sederman, Andi Reci, and Lynn F. Gladden9 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Membrane Filtration Processes 193Denis Wypysek and Matthias Wessling10 Whither NMR of Biofilms? 225Joseph D. Seymour, Gisela Guthausen, and Catherine M. Kirkland11 MRI of Transport and Flow in Plants and Foods 237Maria Raquel Serial, Camilla Terenzi, John van Duynhoven, and Henk Van AsPart III: Applications in Life Sciences 26312 MRI of Single Cells Labeled with Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles 265Cornelius Faber13 Imaging Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Using Magnetic Resonance Microscopy 283Alexandra Badea, Jacques A. Stout, Robert J. Anderson, Gary P. Cofer, Leo L. Duan, and Joshua T. Vogelstein14 NMR Imaging of Slow Flows in the Root–Soil Compartment 315Sabina Haber-Pohlmeier, Petrik Galvosas, Jie Wang, and Andreas Pohlmeier15 Magnetic Resonance Studies of Water in Wood Materials 337Bruce J. Balcom and Minghui ZhangPart IV: Applications in Energy Research 35516 In Situ Spectroscopic Imaging of Devices for Electrochemical Storage with Focus on the Solid Components 357Elodie Salager17 Magnetic Field Map Measurements and Operando NMR/MRI as a Diagnostic Tool for the Battery Condition 383Stefan Benders and Alexej Jerschow18 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Sodium-Ion Batteries 407Claire L. Doswell, Galina E. Pavlovskaya, Thomas Meersmann, and Melanie M. Britton19 The Fun of Applications – a Perspective 425Y.-Q. SongIndex 433