Patent ID: 6937019

Claim:
A supersensitive nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging apparatus comprising: a sample chamber positioned to receive a biosample for image analysis at a predetermined spatial resolution; a superconducting magnet formed of laterally split magnets, and a gradient magnetic field coil arranged to generate a gradient magnetic field in a horizontal direction for irradiation to the biosample in the sample chamber; and a solenoid type detection antenna arranged to detect a NMR signal obtained from the sample under irradiation of the gradient magnetic field for image analysis, wherein the biosample, including at least one of cells, organic tissues, and laboratory small animals, is inserted in the sample chamber of generally 1 to 30 mm in diameter at a center of the gradient magnetic field, from a direction orthogonal to the direction of the magnetic field, and position information is applied to the NMR signal by the gradient magnetic field.