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.2022.2203028

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PNS Limits for Human Head-Size MPI Systems: Preliminary Results

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Ali Alper Ozaslan (Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey), Mustafa Utkur (Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey), Ugur Canpolat (Department of Cardiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey), Meryem Asli Tuncer (Department of Neurology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey), Kader Karli Oguz (Department of Radiology, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey), Emine Ulku Saritas (Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey)

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Abstract

Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) utilizes kHz-range sinusoidal drive fields to excite the magnetic nanoparticles. These time-varying magnetic fields form electric fields within the human body, which in turn can induce peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS), also known as magnetostimulation. In this work, we report the preliminary results of human subject experiments for human head-size MPI systems. These experiments were performed on a solenoidal head coil that achieved an order of magnitude reduction in the voltages needed to generate the targeted magnetic fields.

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