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<p>Foreword ix</p> <p>Preface xi</p> <p><b>Part I: Developments in Hardware and Methods 1</b></p> <p>1 Microengineering Improves MR Sensitivity 3<br /><i>Neil MacKinnon, Jan G. Korvink, and Mazin Jouda</i></p> <p>2 Ceramic Coils for MR Microscopy 25<br /><i>Marine A.C. Moussu, Redha Abdeddaim, Stanislav Glybovski, Stefan Enoch, and Luisa Ciobanu</i></p> <p>3 Portable Brain Scanner Technology for Use in Emergency Medicine 49<br /><i>Lawrence L. Wald and Clarissa Z. Cooley</i></p> <p>4 Technology for Ultrahigh Field Imaging 75<br /><i>Kamil Uğurbil</i></p> <p>5 Sweep Imaging with Fourier Transformation (SWIFT) 101<br /><i>Djaudat Idiyatullin and Michael Garwood</i></p> <p>6 Methods Based on Solution Flow, Improved Detection, and Hyperpolarization for Enhanced Magnetic Resonance 133<br /><i>Patrick Berthault and Gaspard Huber Copyrighted Material</i></p> <p>7 Advances and Adventures with Mobile NMR 155<br /><i>Bernhard Blümich, Denis Jaschtschuk, and Christian Rehorn</i></p> <p><b>Part II: Applications in Chemical Engineering 173</b></p> <p>8 Ultrafast MR Techniques to Image Multi-phase Flows in Pipes and Reactors: Bubble Burst Hydrodynamics 175<br /><i>Andrew J. Sederman, Andi Reci, and Lynn F. Gladden</i></p> <p>9 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Membrane Filtration Processes 193<br /><i>Denis Wypysek and Matthias Wessling</i></p> <p>10 Whither NMR of Biofilms? 225<br /><i>Joseph D. Seymour, Gisela Guthausen, and Catherine M. Kirkland</i></p> <p>11 MRI of Transport and Flow in Plants and Foods 237<br /><i>Maria Raquel Serial, Camilla Terenzi, John van Duynhoven, and Henk Van As</i></p> <p><b>Part III: Applications in Life Sciences 263</b></p> <p>12 MRI of Single Cells Labeled with Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles 265<br /><i>Cornelius Faber</i></p> <p>13 Imaging Biomarkers for Alzheimer’s Disease Using Magnetic Resonance Microscopy 283<br /><i>Alexandra Badea, Jacques A. Stout, Robert J. Anderson, Gary P. Cofer, Leo L. Duan, and Joshua T. Vogelstein</i></p> <p>14 NMR Imaging of Slow Flows in the Root–Soil Compartment 315<br /><i>Sabina Haber-Pohlmeier, Petrik Galvosas, Jie Wang, and Andreas Pohlmeier</i></p> <p>15 Magnetic Resonance Studies of Water in Wood Materials 337<br /><i>Bruce J. Balcom and Minghui Zhang</i></p> <p><b>Part IV: Applications in Energy Research 355</b></p> <p>16 In Situ Spectroscopic Imaging of Devices for Electrochemical Storage with Focus on the Solid Components 357<br /><i>Elodie Salager</i></p> <p>17 Magnetic Field Map Measurements and Operando NMR/MRI as a Diagnostic Tool for the Battery Condition 383<br /><i>Stefan Benders and Alexej Jerschow</i></p> <p>18 Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Sodium-Ion Batteries 407<br /><i>Claire L. Doswell, Galina E. Pavlovskaya, Thomas Meersmann, and Melanie M. Britton</i></p> <p>19 The Fun of Applications – a Perspective 425<br /><i>Y.-Q. Song</i></p> <p>Index 433</p>

<p><b><i>Prof. Sabina Haber-Pohlmeier</B> 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.</i></p> <p><i><b>Prof. Bernhard Blümich</b> 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.</i> <p><b><i>Dr. Luisa Ciobanu </b>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.</i>

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