International Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging IJMPI
Vol. 11 No. 1 Suppl 1 (2025): Int J Mag Part Imag
https://doi.org/10.18416/IJMPI.2025.2503028

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Separating Nanoparticle Induced Delays from Relaxation Time Constant in TAURUS

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Sevil Dilge Gulsun (1)Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey 2) National Magnetic Resonance Research Center (UMRAM), Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey), Asli Alpman (1)Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. 2) National Magnetic Resonance Research Center (UMRAM), Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. 3) Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California Berkeley, CA, USA), Emine Ulku Saritas (1)Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. 2) National Magnetic Resonance Research Center (UMRAM), Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.)

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Abstract

Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) exhibit relaxation behavior, introducing a delay in their magnetization alignment.
The TAURUS method enables simultaneous estimation of the signal delay and the effective relaxation time constant.
In this study, we propose a method to separately estimate the MNP induced delay and the system induced delay.
We then demonstrate that the MNP induced delay and the relaxation time constant estimated via TAURUS show
different trends, implying that they capture different aspects of the MNP response.

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