magnetic resonance

The phenomenon of absorption of certain frequencies of radio and microwave radiation by atoms placed in a magnetic field. The pattern of absorption reveals molecular structure.

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magnetic resonance

(Medicine) the response by atoms, molecules, or nuclei subjected to a magnetic field to radio waves or other forms of energy: used in medicine for scanning

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magnetic resonance - resonance of electrons or atoms or molecules or nuclei to radiation frequencies as a result of space quantization in a magnetic field

resonance - an excited state of a stable particle causing a sharp maximum in the probability of absorption of electromagnetic radiation

NMR, nuclear magnetic resonance, proton magnetic resonance - resonance of protons to radiation in a magnetic field

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However, magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the basal ganglia might prove to be useful for earlier clinical intervention,

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As a rule, books about magnetic resonance (MR) imaging don't exactly qualify as keep-you-up-all-night page turners, but Clinical 3T Magnetic Resonance does a good job of keeping the reader's interest.

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Vania Apkarian and his colleagues at Northwestern University Medical Center in Chicago asked people with chronic backaches to undergo magnetic resonance imaging of their brains.

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