Experimental results and discussion of imaging with a wire medium for MRI imaging applications

This paper presents an analysis and experimental results for a channeling wire medium. In order to validate the behavior of wire media lens, an experiment has been driven in medical context. A straight wires lens designed to work at magnetic resonance imaging frequency (123 MHZ for 3T magnetic field) is designed and tested. Results are very positive, since the lens allows to transmit images without deformation. The influence of the geometry of the lens, and on the image canalization, is studied. For various geometries, the lens is able to transmit images and concentrate fields.