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In conventional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) it is customary to place a small homogeneous specimen, typically less than 1 mℓ, of pure liquid or solid in a very uniform magnetic field, often uniform to a part in 109, and NMR spectra and relaxation times are recorded and interpreted. In contrast with conventional NMR spectroscopy, NMR imaging is concerned with applications to heterogeneous specimens, for example parts of the human body, which are not small, and furthermore they are placed in a deliberately non-uniform magnetic field.
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Andrew, E.R. (1986). Theory of NMR Imaging. In: Bradbury, E.M., Nicolini, C. (eds) NMR in the Life Sciences. NATO ASI Series, vol 107. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8178-5_14
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