Miniaturization of Magnetic Resonance Microsystem Components for 3D Cell Imaging

Author

Fan, Long-Sheng ; Hsu, Shawn S H ; Jin, Jun-De ; Hsieh, Cheng-Yu ; Lin, Wei-Chen ; Hao, H.-C. ; Cheng, Hsin-Li ; Hsueh, Kuo-Chin ; Lee, Chen-Zong

Author_Institution

National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu

fYear

2007

fDate

11-15 Feb. 2007

Firstpage

166

Lastpage

594

Abstract

Magnetic resonance components, including gradient coils and RF coils, are miniaturized using a MEMS batch fabrication process and are combined with a 0.18mum CMOS RF transceiver front-end to implement a compact imaging system. The system aims for a resolution of 6times6mum² in a 120mum slice. The system could replace high-cost MRI counterparts for micron-resolution 3D images of live cells and enable a desktop cellular MRI system.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; cellular biophysics; micromechanical devices; 0.18 micron; 3D cell imaging; CMOS RF transceiver front-end; MEMS batch fabrication process; RF coils; compact imaging system; desktop cellular MRI system; gradient coils; magnetic resonance microsystem components; micron-resolution 3D images; CMOS process; Coils; Image resolution; Magnetic fields; Magnetic moments; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radio frequency; Signal processing; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2007. ISSCC 2007. Digest of Technical Papers. IEEE International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0193-6530

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0853-9

Electronic_ISBN

0193-6530

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSCC.2007.373346

Filename

4242317