Nanoscale Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Magnetic Sensing Using Atomic Defects in Diamond
Author | : Michael Sean Grinolds |
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Release | : 2014 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:882196934 |
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Rating | : 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revolutionized modern medicine by providing non-invasive, chemically selective, three-dimensional imaging of living organisms. Industrial-scale MRI has the capability to image with millimeter-scale spatial resolution and has the sensitivity to detect as few as $10 {14}$ nuclear spins. Increasing spatial resolution to the atomic scale and sensitivity to the single-spin level would enable a wide array of applications most notably including imaging molecular structur. However, conventional MRI methods are already highly optimized, and further order-of-magnitude-scale improvements cannot be reasonably expected without employing fundamentally different technologies.