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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…

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A radically new approach to surface probing based on a replacement of the solid-state near-field probes by the 'long-field' ones is presented and discussed. Such probes may enable to create a radically new generation microscopes with…

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Ultra-low field magnetic resonance imaging(ULF-MRI) systems operating in open environments are highly susceptible to composite electromagnetic interference(EMI). Different imaging channels respond non-uniformly to EMI owing to their…

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Magnetic resonance imaging-guided linear accelerators (MRI-Linacs) are an emerging treatment technology that enable online soft-tissue visualisation and adaptive radiotherapy. The Australian 1.0 T MRI-Linac employs a fixed, inline beamline,…

Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is an emerging medical imaging modality that is not yet adopted by clinical practice. Most of the working MPI prototypes including commercial-grade research MPI scanners utilize cylindrical bores that limit…

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A volume coil with squared slots-end ring was developed to attain improved sensitivity for imaging of rat's brain at 7 T. The principles of the high cavity resonator for the low-pass case and the law of Biot-Savart were used to derive a…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-08-14 S. Solis-Najera , R. Martin , F. Vazquez , O. Marrufo , A. O. Rodriguez

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Surface lattice resonances (SLRs) in metasurfaces have become a transformative platform for subwavelength optical devices, leveraging their high quality (Q)-factors, pronounced local field enhancement, and extensive long-range interactions.…

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…

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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)…

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We present a tool for resolution recovery in multimodal clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Such images exhibit great variability, both biological and instrumental. This variability makes automated processing with neuroimaging…

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Low-field (LF) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) improves accessibility and reduces costs but generally has lower signal-to-noise ratios and degraded contrast compared to high field (HF) MRI, limiting its clinical utility. Simulating LF MRI…

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Low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) offers a cost-effective alternative for medical imaging in resource-limited settings. However, its widespread adoption is hindered by two key challenges: prolonged scan times and reduced image…

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Portable, low-field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners are increasingly being deployed in clinical settings. However, key barriers to their widespread use include low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), generally low image quality, and long…

The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) governs the quality of signal detection and directly impacts the clarity and reliability of the acquired images. Recent advances in metamaterials have enabled lightweight…

Medical Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Yuhan Liu , Xia Zhu , Ke Wu , Stephan W. Anderson , Xin Zhang

Passive resonators have been widely used in MRI to manipulate RF field distributions. However, optimizing these structures using full-wave electromagnetic simulations is computationally prohibitive, particularly for large passive resonator…

Medical Physics · Physics 2025-09-18 Zhonghao Zhang , Ming Lu , Hao Liang , Zhongliang Zu , Yi Gu , Xiao Wang , Yuankai Huo , John C. Gore , Xinqiang Yan