International Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging IJMPI
Vol. 8 No. 1 Suppl 1 (2022): Int J Mag Part Imag
https://doi.org/10.18416/IJMPI.2022.2203015
Efficient 3D Drive-Field Characterization for Magnetic Particle Imaging Systems
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Copyright (c) 2022 Florian Thieben, Marija Boberg, Matthias Graeser, Tobias Knopp

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Abstract
Magnetic particle imaging uses time-dependent drive fields for signal generation, which are designed to be homogeneous in order to achieve a similar image quality all over the volume of interest. In practice, the fields are not exactly homogeneous and in turn a precise knowledge of the spatial field profile is necessary when using a model-based reconstruction approach. In this work, we propose an efficient method for the measurement and compact representation of the drive fields using a small 3D calibration coil and solid harmonics.