| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S67937/01 |
| Title: |
Basic Technology: The NMR Mangle |
| Principal Investigator: |
Hills, Dr BP |
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Food Materials Science Division |
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Quadram Institute Bioscience |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
02 February 2004 |
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01 February 2005 |
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91,572
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Existing NMR spectrometers and imagers require that samples are brought to the spectrometer and enclosed inside a cylindrical array of magnets and coils. This confines NMR and MRI to the hospital or laboratory and prevents the simultaneous use of NMR/MRI with other spectroscopic and imaging technologies. We propose to overcome these limitations by developing an NMR mangle . (see attached description). The new technology is low-cost (a magnetic mangle can be built for under a thousand pounds) and can be designed as an open-access, hand-portable NMR system. A business plan is available for combining the new technology with a wide range of other spectroscopic and imaging techniques including optical imaging, laser 3D scanning, NIR, Infra red, fluorescence, X-ray, neutron scattering and rheometry. Combining spectroscopic and imaging data from other techniques with NMR greatly increases the power of the combined approach and has important applications in many other research disciplines including clinical diagnosis, food science, agriculture, biotechnology and materials science. The open access arrangement means that the sample can be mechanically manipulated inside the probe, permitting rheo-NMR applications. The open access probe should also permit the development of low-cost bench-top medical imagers for use in local surgeries and, after scale-up, of simultaneous imaging and surgery in hospitals.
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