International Journal on Magnetic Particle Imaging IJMPI
Vol. 11 No. 1 Suppl 1 (2025): Int J Mag Part Imag
Design and Implementation of a Novel Surface Excitation Coil for a Single-Sided Field Free Line MPI Scanner
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Copyright (c) 2025 Chris McDonough, John Chrisekos, Alexey Tonyushkin
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Abstract
In MPI, designing whole-body hardware for clinically relevant imaging remains non-trivial. Single-sided scanner designs, which confine hardware to one side of the imaging volume, offer an open imaging volume but suffer from inhomogeneous magnetic fields, resulting in decreased sensitivity and spatial resolution away from the scanner. Here, we redesigned our single-sided field-free line scanner by implementing a novel organ-specific surface excitation coil. This upgrade highlights the potential of the scanner to significantly improve sensitivity and image quality in single-sided MPI applications.
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