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Optical magnetometers are currently able to achieve magnetometric sensitivities below 1 fT/Hz^1/2. Although such sensitivities are typically obtained for ultra-low-field measurements, a group of optical magnetometers allows the detection of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Przemyslaw Wlodarczyk , Szymon Pustelny , Jerzy Zachorowski , Marcin Lipinski

We demonstrate electromagnetic induction imaging with an unshielded, portable radio-frequency atomic magnetometer scanning over the target object. This configuration satisfies standard requirements in typical applications, from security…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-07-28 Cameron Deans , Yuval Cohen , Han Yao , Benjamin Maddox , Antonio Vigilante , Ferruccio Renzoni

A design for a permanent magnet system is proposed that generates spatially homogeneous, constant magnetic field gradients, thus creating conditions suitable for MRI without gradient coils and amplifiers. This is achieved by superimposing a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-10-12 Peter Blümler

Magnetic Detection Electrical Impedance Tomography is a novel technique that could enable non-invasive imaging of fast neural activity in the brain. However, commercial magnetometers are not suited to its technical requirements.…

Medical Physics · Physics 2024-12-19 Kai Mason , Florencia Maurino-Alperovich , Kirill Aristovich , David Holder

The travelling-wave MRI approach is an alternative to overcome the B1 inhomogeneity at UHF MRI for human applications. More recently, this concept has been also used with animal MR imagers. We used a parallel-plate waveguide and a…

Medical Physics · Physics 2018-03-15 F. Vazquez , S. E. Solis-Najera , J. Lazovic , L. M. Zopf , R. Martin , L. Medina , O. Marrufo , A. O. Rodriguez

Miniaturized atomic magnetometers, particularly spin-exchange relaxation-free atomic magnetometers, have been emerging in clinical imaging applications such magnetocardiography and magnetoencephalography. Miniaturization, portability, and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-04-28 Xiaojie Li , Zhihao Guo , Rui Yang , Yanying Feng

The sensitive detection of either static or radio-frequency \textsc{(rf)} magnetic fields is essential to many fundamental studies and applications. Here, we demonstrate the operation of a cold-atom-based, \textsc{rf} magnetometer in…

We describe a room-temperature alkali-metal atomic magnetometer for detection of small, high frequency magnetic fields. The magnetometer operates by detecting optical rotation due to the precession of an aligned ground state in the presence…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2010-10-12 M. P. Ledbetter , V. M. Acosta , S. M. Rochester , D. Budker , S. Pustelny , V. V. Yashchuk

We demonstrate an experimental method for direct 2D and 3D imaging of magnetic radio-frequency (rf) field distribution in metal-dielectric structures based on traveling wave (TW) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at ultra-high field (> 7T).…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-01-19 A. Tonyushkin , D. K. Deelchand , P. -F. Van de Moortele , G. Adriany , A. Kiruluta

Purpose: To design a low-cost, portable permanent magnet-based MRI system capable of obtaining in vivo MR images within a reasonable scan time. Methods: A discretized Halbach permanent magnet array with a clear bore diameter of 27 cm was…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-05-07 T. O'Reilly , W. M. Teeuwisse , D. de Gans , K. Koolstra , A. G. Webb

During the last decade, the FORS1 instrument of the ESO VLT has been extensively used to study stellar magnetism. A number of interesting discoveries of magnetic fields in several classes of stars have been announced, many of which obtained…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 S. Bagnulo , J. D. Landstreet , L. Fossati , O. Kochukhov

Magnetic resonance imaging is a three-dimensional imaging technique, where a gradient of the magnetic field is used to interrogate spin resonances with spatial resolution. The application of this technique to probe the coherence of atoms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-24 Mateusz Mazelanik , Adam Leszczyński , Tomasz Szawełło , Michał Parniak

Over almost five decades of development and improvement, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has become a rich and powerful, non-invasive technique in medical imaging, yet not reaching its physical limits. Technical and physiological…

Recent developments in low-field (LF) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems present remarkable opportunities for affordable and widespread MRI access. A robust denoising method to overcome the intrinsic low signal-noise-ratio (SNR)…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-01 Zheren Zhu , Azaan Rehman , Xiaozhi Cao , Congyu Liao , Yoo Jin Lee , Michael Ohliger , Hui Xue , Yang Yang

We present a fast field-cycling NMR relaxometer with added magnetic resonance imaging capabilities. The instrument operates at a maximum proton Larmor frequency of 5 MHz for a sample volume of 35 mL. The magnetic field homogeneity across…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-01-13 Javier A. Romero , Gonzalo G. Rodriguez , Esteban Anoardo

Ultrahigh field magnetic resonance imaging (UHF MRI) has become an indispensable tool for human brain imaging, offering excellent diagnostic accuracy while avoiding the risks associated with invasive modalities. When the radiofrequency…

Optics · Physics 2024-09-10 Gyoungsub Yoon , Sunkyu Yu , Jongho Lee , Namkyoo Park

In this Comment, we discuss recent approaches to electromagnetic interference (EMI) mitigation in low-field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (LF-MRI), as presented in arXiv preprints 2509.05955v1, 2406.17804v3, or 2210.06730v2. These and other…

Medical Physics · Physics 2026-04-21 Joseba Alonso , José M. Algarín , Teresa Guallart-Naval

The image reconstruction problem of the tomographic imaging technique magnetic particle imaging (MPI) requires the solution of a linear inverse problem. One prerequisite for this task is that the imaging operator that describes the mapping…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-07-12 Tobias Kluth , Patryk Szwargulski , Tobias Knopp

Ultrahigh field (UHF) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) provides a higher signal-to-noise ratio and, thereby, higher spatial resolution. However, UHF MRI introduces challenges such as transmit radiofrequency (RF) field (B1+) inhomogeneities,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-02-07 Zhengyi Lu , Hao Liang , Xiao Wang , Xinqiang Yan , Yuankai Huo

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the cornerstone technique for diagnostic medicine, biology, and neuroscience. This imaging method is highly innovative, noninvasive and its impact continues to grow. It can be used for measuring changes…