本研究架設一個杜瓦瓶冷卻系統，將接收線圈放入杜瓦瓶中的真空夾層中。當液態氮灌入杜瓦瓶時，可透過杜瓦瓶內的藍寶石管，使真空夾層內的接收線圈降溫，以降低接收線圈的熱雜訊，進而提升樣品核磁共振的訊雜比。在本實驗中，應用本系統可使線圈熱雜訊降低四分之ㄧ，有效提高核磁共振實驗的訊雜比。
為了將低場核磁共振研究拓展至臨床應用，在台大醫院架設了一套核磁共振系統，以期能進行臨床實驗。但由於醫院的電磁雜訊極大，會干擾本系統的工作，因此利用碳纖維布包覆訊號線來屏蔽雜訊，降低醫院中環境雜訊的干擾。此外並應用3個方向的梯度磁場補償環境磁場的不均勻情形，使得系統可穩定在台大醫院進行樣品檢測。透過上述的改進方式，初步測量5 毫升的水樣品，可使線寬從10.74 Hz降至1.3 Hz，並大幅提升訊雜比由10.42提升至24.1。未來將進一步應用於生物組織檢體之臨床檢測。

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