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BIO MAGNETIC FIELDS AND MRI. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful imaging method that, unlike x-ray imaging, allows sharp images of soft tissue to be made without exposing the patient to potentially damaging radiation. A rudimentary understanding of this method can be achieved by the relatively simple application of the classical (that is. non-quantum) physics of magnetism. The starting point for MRI is nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). a technique that depends on the fact that protons in the atomic nucleus have a magnetic field
An important consideration is that the net magnetic field of any nucleus, except for that of hydrogen (which has a proton only), consists of contributions from both protons and neutrons. If a nucleus has an even number of protons and neutrons, they will pair in such a way that half of the protons have spins in one orientation and half have spins in the other orientation. Thus the net magnetic moment of the nucleus is zero. Only nuclei with a net magnetic moment are candidates for MRI. Hydrogen is the atom that is most commonly imaged.
27.84 Which of following elements is a candidate for MRI?
(a) 12C6; (b) 16O8: (C) 40Ca20; (d) 31P15.
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