Presentation 2018-01-31
Preliminary Study on Ultra-low Field SQUID MRI Food Inspection system with Non-Resonant Circuit
Kazuma Demachi, Moriki Kabasawa, Taiga Tanaka, Seiji Adachi, Keiichi Tanabe, Saburo Tanaka,
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Abstract(in English) Preliminary study on Ultra-Low Field (ULF) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system with a high-temperature superconductor (HTS) SQUID for food contaminant inspection was conducted. The ULF SQUID-MRI system for food inspection, which we previously proposed, used a tuned circuit to detect a magnetic field at Larmor frequency. However, since the bandwidth becomes narrower by the tuned circuit as the MR signal frequency decreased, it was necessary to elongate the signal acquisition time. Therefore, it was difficult to measure the MR signal of food with a short relaxation time, such as oil, because of the longer echo time. We describe a ULF SQUID-MRI system using a non-resonant Cu wound flux transformer to image food with a shorter relaxation time in this paper. As a result, T1-weighted images of samples containing water and mineral oil could be obtained by varying the polarizing time.
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Keyword(in English) SQUID / Ultra-Low Field MRI / Food inspection / Flux transformer
Paper # SCE2017-34
Date of Issue 2018-01-24 (SCE)

Conference Information
Committee SCE
Conference Date 2018/1/31(1days)
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Place (in English) Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg.
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Topics (in English) SQUID, high frequency, sensing technologies and their applications, etc.
Chair Hiroaki Myoren(Saitama Univ.)
Vice Chair
Secretary (National Defense Academy)
Assistant Hiroyuki Akaike(Daido Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Superconductive Electronics
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Preliminary Study on Ultra-low Field SQUID MRI Food Inspection system with Non-Resonant Circuit
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) SQUID
Keyword(2) Ultra-Low Field MRI
Keyword(3) Food inspection
Keyword(4) Flux transformer
1st Author's Name Kazuma Demachi
1st Author's Affiliation Toyohashi University of Technology(Toyohashi Tech.)
2nd Author's Name Moriki Kabasawa
2nd Author's Affiliation Toyohashi University of Technology(Toyohashi Tech.)
3rd Author's Name Taiga Tanaka
3rd Author's Affiliation Toyohashi University of Technology(Toyohashi Tech.)
4th Author's Name Seiji Adachi
4th Author's Affiliation Superconducting Sensing Technology Research Association(SUSTERA)
5th Author's Name Keiichi Tanabe
5th Author's Affiliation Superconducting Sensing Technology Research Association(SUSTERA)
6th Author's Name Saburo Tanaka
6th Author's Affiliation Toyohashi University of Technology(Toyohashi Tech.)
Date 2018-01-31
Paper # SCE2017-34
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) SCE-428
Page pp.pp.15-19(SCE),
#Pages 5
Date of Issue 2018-01-24 (SCE)