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Electromagnetic decoupling among a close-fitting or high-density transceiver RF array elements is required to maintain the integrity of the magnetic flux density from individual channel for enhanced performance in detection sensitivity and…

Medical Physics · Physics 2022-11-23 Komlan Payne , Leslie L. Ying , Xiaoliang Zhang

Modern magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) relies on application-specific multi-channel receive coils to achieve high performance, but these coils are typically costly, rigid, and difficult to generalize across anatomies. Recent wireless,…

Medical Physics · Physics 2026-05-26 Yuhan Liu , Xia Zhu , Ke Wu , Artem Kaliaev , Christina A. LeBedis , Stephan W. Anderson , Xin Zhang

Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is a novel and versatile imaging modality developing towards human application. When up-scaling to human size, the sensitivity of the systems naturally drops as the coil sensitivity depends on the bore…

We convert the information-rich measurements of parallel and phased-array MRI into noisier data that a corresponding single-coil scanner could have taken. Specifically, we replace the responses from multiple receivers with a linear…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-25 Mark Tygert , Jure Zbontar

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…

We looked for a biological analogy to developed an improved surface coil to acquire magnetic resonance images. Nature offers engineering solutions that can be exploited to improve the performance of devices, such as MRI RF coils. In this…

Medical Physics · Physics 2017-11-13 S. E. Solis-Najera , F. Vazquez , J. Lazovic , L. M. Zopf , R. Martin , L. Medina , O. Marrufo , A. O. Rodriguez

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…

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) stands as a powerful modality in clinical diagnosis. However, it is known that MRI faces challenges such as long acquisition time and vulnerability to motion-induced artifacts. Despite the success of many…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-17 Lixuan Chen , Xuanyu Tian , Jiangjie Wu , Ruimin Feng , Guoyan Lao , Yuyao Zhang , Hongjiang Wei

Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy rely on the magnetic fields generated by radiofrequency volume coils to acquire high-quality data. Consequently, a comprehensive understanding of electromagnetic field behavior in RF volume coils…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-01-24 A. Villareal , J. Lazovic , S. E. Solis-Najera , R. Martin , R. Ruiz , L. Medina , A. O. Rodriguez

Wireless radio frequency coils provide a promising solution for clinical MR applications due to several benefits, such as cable-free connection and compatibility with MR platforms of different vendors. Namely, for the purpose of clinical…

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a potent diagnostic tool, but suffers from long examination times. To accelerate the process, modern MRI machines typically utilize multiple coils that acquire sub-sampled data in parallel. Data-driven…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-24 Moritz Erlacher , Martin Zach

Recent advancements in metamaterials have yielded the possibility of a wireless solution to improve signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Unlike traditional closely packed local coil arrays with rigid designs and…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-12-18 Xia Zhu , Ke Wu , Stephan W. Anderson , Xin Zhang

Purpose: Low-field MRI systems operate at single MHz-range frequencies, where signal losses are primarily dominated by thermal noise from the radio-frequency (RF) receive coils. Achieving operation close to this limit is essential for…

Medical Physics · Physics 2026-03-09 Teresa Guallart-Naval , José M. Algarín , Joseba Alonso

Multi-nuclear radio-frequency (RF) coils at ultrahigh field strengths are challenging to develop due to the high operating frequency, increased electromagnetic interaction among the coil elements, and increased electromagnetic interaction…

Medical Physics · Physics 2021-09-08 Andrew P. Leynes , Yiran Chen , Subramaniam Sukumar , Duan Xu , Xiaoliang Zhang

Imaging of the human body at ultra-high fields (static magnetic field B0>7 Tesla) is challenging due to the radio-frequency field inhomogeneities in the human body tissues caused by the short wavelength. These effects could be partially…

We recently published an approach named ROVir (Region-Optimized Virtual coils) that uses the beamforming capabilities of a multichannel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) receiver array to achieve coil compression (reducing an original set of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-24 Justin P. Haldar

It is well known that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 7 Tesla (7T) and higher magnets can provide much better signal sensitivity compared with lower field strengths. However, variety of commercially available ultra-high-field MRI coils…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-06-05 Akbar Alipour , Alan C Seifert , Bradley Delman , Gregor Adriany , Priti Balchandani

Superconducting QUantum-Interference Devices (SQUIDs) make magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible in ultra-low microtesla-range magnetic fields. In this work, we investigate the design parameters affecting the signal and noise…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-16 Koos C. J. Zevenhoven , Antti J. Mäkinen , Risto J. Ilmoniemi

In this work some possible applications of negative permeability magnetic metamaterial lenses for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are analyzed. Metamaterials are artificial composites designed to have a given permittivity and/or…

Medical Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Manuel J. Freire , Lukas Jelinek , Ricardo Marques

Access to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) remains severely limited in low- and middle-income countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, despite rising rates of non-communicable diseases. Low-field MRI presents an affordable, locally…