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Portable low-cost MRI systems have the potential to enable point-of-care and timely MRI diagnosis, and to make this imaging modality available to routine scans and to underdeveloped areas. With simplicity, no maintenance, no power…

Medical Physics · Physics 2018-12-31 Shao Ying Huang , Zhi Hua Ren , Sergei Obruchkov , Jia Gong , Robin Dykstra , Wenwei Yu

Permanent magnet array (PMA) is a popular option to provide the main magnetic field in a dedicated portable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system because it does not need power or a cooling system and has a much stronger field strength…

Medical Physics · Physics 2024-11-07 Ting-Ou Liang , MinXuan Xu , Wenwei Yu , Shao Ying Huang

We present a design and the optimization of an irregular-shaped ring-pair magnet array that generates a 1D monotonic field pattern for 2D head imaging in a low-field portable MRI system. The magnet rings are discretized into fan-shaped ring…

Medical Physics · Physics 2019-01-08 Zhi Hua Ren , Jia Gong , Shao Ying Huang

Access to and availability of MRI scanners is typically limited by their cost, siting and infrastructure requirements. This precludes MRI diagnostics, the reference standard for neurological assessment, in patients who cannot be transported…

Very-low-field MRIs are becoming increasingly popular due to their portability and adaptability to different environments. They are being successfully used for various clinical applications, leading to a paradigm shift in the way imaging…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2025-12-24 Umberto Zanovello , Alessandro Arduino , Vittorio Basso , Luca Zilberti , Alessandro Sola , Andrea Agosto , Luca Toso , Oriano Bottauscio

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

Prepolarized Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PMRI) is a long-established technique conceived to counteract the loss in signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) inherent to low-field MRI systems. When it comes to hard biological tissues and solid-state…

A new approach to increase the downsize scalability of perpendicular STT-MRAM is presented. It consists in significantly increasing the thickness of the storage layer in out-of-plane magnetized tunnel junctions (pMTJ) as compared to…

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

Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is a promising imaging modality that tracks magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) to generate real time, high-resolution images. However, achieving an optimal balance between strong signal strength and sharp image…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-12-18 Abuobaida M. khair , Wenjing Jiang , Moritz Wildgruber , Wenjun Xi , Xiaopeng Ma

Untethered magnetic manipulation of biomedical millirobots has a high potential for minimally invasive surgical applications. However, it is still challenging to exert high actuation forces on the small robots over a large distance.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Ann-Sophia Müller , Moonkwang Jeong , Jiyuan Tian , Meng Zhang , Tian Qiu

A novel design is presented for a permanent magnet array to address specific challenges with scalable trapped-ion quantum computing systems. Design and optimization of this magnet geometry is motivated by concepts for large-scale Quantum…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-06 Mitchell G. Peaks

To address the demands in healthcare and industrial settings for spatially resolved magnetic imaging, we present a modular optically pumped magnetometer (OPM) system comprising a multi-sensor array of highly sensitive quantum magnetometers.…

In-situ measurements of space plasma throughout the solar system require high time resolution to understand the plasma's kinetic fine structure and evolution. In this context, research~is conducted to design instruments with the capability…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-12-01 Benjamin Criton , Georgios Nicolaou , Daniel Verscharen

This paper presents the design and experimental characterization of a 1 T electromagnet tailored to meet the demands of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system conceived for spatial resolutions at the level of tens of microns. For high…

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

To power gamma-ray bursts and other high-energy events, large-scale magnetic fields are required to extract rotational energy from compact objects such as black holes and neutron stars. The magnetorotational instability (MRI) is a key…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-17 Alexis Reboul-Salze , Loren E. Held , Kenta Kiuchi

Perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) is a necessary condition for many spintronic applications like spin-orbit torques switching, logic and memory devices. An important class of magnetic insulators with low Gilbert damping at room…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-03-18 Saeedeh Mokarian Zanjani , Mehmet C. Onbasli

Search for ultrathin magnetic film with large perpendicular magnetocrystalline anisotropy (PMA) has been inspired for years by the continuous miniaturization of magnetic units in spintronics devices. The common magnetic materials used in…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-06-07 Xiaoxuan Ma , Jun Hu

Sparse sensor arrays offer a cost effective alternative to uniform arrays. By utilizing the co-array, a sparse array can match the performance of a filled array, despite having significantly fewer sensors. However, even sparse arrays can…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-11-14 Robin Rajamäki , Visa Koivunen
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