Title :
A 7 T/M 3D X-space MPI mouse and rat scanner
Author :
Goodwill, P.W. ; Croft, L.R. ; Konkle, J.J. ; Kuan Lu ; Saritas, E.U. ; Bo Zheng ; Conolly, S.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Bioeng., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
This prototype system has already produced high quality images with spatial resolutions very similar to the theoretically predicted resolution across mouse and rat sized FOVs. We have imaged both plastic and biological imaging phantoms, as well as ex vivo mice (not shown). Some early images are shown below in Fig. 1b-c. Imaging times are comparable to micro-MRI: full mouse and rat images (up to 12 cm × 5 cm × 5 cm) require between 2-5 minutes per image.
Keywords :
biomagnetism; biomedical MRI; image resolution; magnetic particles; phantoms; T/m 3D X-space MPI mouse scanner; T/m 3D X-space MPI rat scanner; biological imaging phantom; high quality images; imaging times; magnetic flux density 7 T; microMRI; mouse sized FOV; plastic imaging phantom; rat sized FOV; spatial resolution; Magnetic noise; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mice; Spatial resolution; Three-dimensional displays;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI), 2013 International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Berkeley, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5520-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5521-6
DOI :
10.1109/IWMPI.2013.6528387
