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ArticleScientific reports2021

Improvement of magnetic resonance imaging using a wireless radiofrequency resonator array.

Akbar Alipour, Alan C Seifert, Bradley N Delman, Philip M Robson, Raj Shrivastava, Patrick R Hof, Gregor Adriany, Zahi A Fayad, Priti Balchandani

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Akbar AlipourBioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1470 Madison Ave., 1st Floor, New York, NY, 10029, USA. akbar.alipour@mssm.edu.
Alan C SeifertBioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1470 Madison Ave., 1st Floor, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Bradley N DelmanDepartment of Radiology and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1470 Madison Ave., 1st Floor, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Philip M RobsonBioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1470 Madison Ave., 1st Floor, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Raj ShrivastavaDepartment of Neurosurgery and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Annenberg 8, One Gustave L Levy Pl, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Patrick R HofThe Nash Family Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1639, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Gregor AdrianyDepartment of Radiology, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Minnesota, 2021 6th Street SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Zahi A FayadBioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1470 Madison Ave., 1st Floor, New York, NY, 10029, USA.
Priti BalchandaniBioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1470 Madison Ave., 1st Floor, New York, NY, 10029, USA.

Funding

7T Neurosurgical Mapping Protocol for Endoscopic Resection of Skull Base TumorsR01CA202911 · NCI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI BALCHANDANI, PRITI · 2016 to 2020
$2.1M
Delineating Modulatory Control of Pain Using 7T Functional and Diffusion MRIK01NS105160 · NINDS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI SEIFERT, ALAN C · 2018 to 2020
$402k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA202911NINDS NIH HHS K01 NS105160
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, new human magnetic resonance imaging systems operating at static magnetic fields strengths of 7 Tesla or higher have become available, providing better signal sensitivity compared with lower field strengths. However, imaging human-sized objects at such high field strength and associated precession frequencies is limited due to the technical challenges associated with the wavelength effect, which substantially disturb the transmit field uniformity over the human body when conventional coils are used. Here we report a novel passive inductively-coupled radiofrequency resonator array design with a simple structure that works in conjunction with conventional coils and requires only to be tuned to the scanner's operating frequency. We show that inductive-coupling between the resonator array and the coil improves the transmit efficiency and signal sensitivity in the targeted region. The simple structure, flexibility, and cost-efficiency make the proposed array design an attractive approach for altering the transmit field distribution specially at high field systems, where the wavelength is comparable with the tissue size.

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Radio WavesAdultBiomedical EngineeringBrainComputer SimulationContrast MediaElectricityElectromagnetic RadiationEquipment DesignFemaleHot TemperatureHumansMagnetic FieldsMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagneticsMaleContrast Media

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PMID34845314
PMCPMC8630230

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