NMR Imaging of Materials [Hardcover]

This book provides an introduction to NMR imaging of materials covering solid-state NMR spectroscopy, imaging methods for liquid and solid samples, and unusual NMR in terms of special approaches to spatial resolution like an NMR surface scanner. Special attention is devoted to the large variety of ways to generate image contrast so that features invisible by other methods can be detected by NMR. It includes extensive references to modern literature and addresses workers in various fields of imaging applications as well as students.

List of symbols and abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. Fundamentals
3. NMR spectroscopy
4. Transformation, convolution, and correlation
5. Concepts of spatial resolution
6. Basic imaging methods
7. Contrast
8. Solid-state NMR imaging
9. Spatially resolved NMR
10. Applications
References
References for figures
Index

Such a diverse collection of recent applications is impossible to find in one place anywhere else. The applications include, (but are not limited to!) geophysical exploration, flow and diffusion in porous materials, measurements of stress, strain, and defects in elastomers, imaging of plants, and even the propagation of waves in oscillating reactions. One would have to dedicate an enormous amount of time to literature research in order to come up with such a fine list of references and summaries of various research fields. --Angew. Chemistry International Edition

This book is sure to find a wide readership very quickly... As well as giving a good review of the basics of MRI, the author also covers the latest developments in the field. The amount of detail is 'just right': without overloading the reader with information or covering the same ground as previous texts, the book offers a good introduction to the theory and the experimental techniques... The compilation of topics is quite extensive, and the bibliography and indexing are truly excellent, which sholÓ)