Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for performing an in-situ magnetic resonance imaging of an object. The method includes the steps of providing an atomic magnetometer, coupling a magnetic field generated by magnetically resonating samples of the object through a flux transformer to the atomic magnetometer and measuring a magnetic resonance of the atomic magnetometer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 9, 2009
Date of Patent:
November 6, 2012
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC
Inventors:
Igor Mykhaylovich Savukov, Andrei Nikolaevich Matlashov, Michelle A. Espy, Petr Lvovich Volegov, Robert Henry Kraus, Jr., Vadim Sergeyevich Zotev
Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing a timed, synchronized dynamic alpha or beta particle source for testing the response of continuous air monitors (CAMs) for airborne alpha or beta emitters is provided. The method includes providing a radioactive source; placing the radioactive source inside the detection volume of a CAM; and introducing an alpha or beta-emitting isotope while the CAM is in a normal functioning mode.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 2009
Date of Patent:
June 26, 2012
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC
Inventors:
Murray E Moore, Adam Benjamin Gauss, Alan Lawrence Justus