HARDWARE
The Hardware Group develops hardware components and imaging systems with a focus on high field and multimodal imaging. Projects are application driven or investigate fundamental design choices and are targeted at providing optimum instrumentation for a scientific research question. A key area of interest is the investigation of coil arrays for parallel, multinuclear and multimodal imaging in both human and animal research. Examples of recent and ongoing projects are described in more detail below.
projects
Components and Circuits
MR component development.
MR component development.
Travelling Wave Systems
The main goal of this project is to investigate the installation of travelling wave systems on a 9.4T whole-body MR-PET scanner. To achieve this, new methods of signal excitation and reception are required along with new excitation devices, e.g. antennas.
The main goal of this project is to investigate the installation of travelling wave systems on a 9.4T whole-body MR-PET scanner. To achieve this, new methods of signal excitation and reception are required along with new excitation devices, e.g. antennas.
Field Monitoring
MR experiments rely on a homogeneous and stable static magnetic field, superimposed by dynamic field gradients, which change in magnitude over time depending on the applied pulse sequence.
Novel multi-tuned RF coil/antenna designs
MR experiments rely on a homogeneous and stable static magnetic field, superimposed by dynamic field gradients, which change in magnitude over time depending on the applied pulse sequence.
Groupleader
- Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine (INM)
- Medical Imaging Physics (INM-4)
