Microstructural imaging of the human brain with a 'super-scanner': 10 key advantages of ultra-strong gradients for diffusion MRI

DK Jones, DC Alexander, R Bowtell, M Cercignani… - NeuroImage, 2018 - Elsevier
The key component of a microstructural diffusion MRI 'super-scanner'is a dedicated high-
strength gradient system that enables stronger diffusion weightings per unit time compared …

Next-generation MRI scanner designed for ultra-high-resolution human brain imaging at 7 Tesla

DA Feinberg, AJS Beckett, AT Vu, J Stockmann… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
To increase granularity in human neuroimaging science, we designed and built a next-
generation 7 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging scanner to reach ultra-high resolution by …

Highly efficient head‐only magnetic field insert gradient coil for achieving simultaneous high gradient amplitude and slew rate at 3.0 T (MAGNUS) for brain …

TKF Foo, ET Tan, ME Vermilyea, Y Hua… - Magnetic resonance …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop a highly efficient magnetic field gradient coil for head imaging that
achieves 200 mT/m and 500 T/m/s on each axis using a standard 1 MVA gradient driver in …

Lightweight, compact, and high‐performance 3 T MR system for imaging the brain and extremities

TKF Foo, E Laskaris, M Vermilyea, M Xu… - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To build and evaluate a small‐footprint, lightweight, high‐performance 3T MRI
scanner for advanced brain imaging with image quality that is equal to or better than …

A high‐performance gradient insert for rapid and short‐T2 imaging at full duty cycle

M Weiger, J Overweg, MB Rösler… - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The goal of this study was to devise a gradient system for MRI in humans that
reconciles cutting‐edge gradient strength with rapid switching and brings up the duty cycle …

Optimization of MRI gradient coils with explicit peripheral nerve stimulation constraints

M Davids, B Guérin, V Klein… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) limits the acquisition rate of Magnetic Resonance
Imaging data for fast sequences employing powerful gradient systems. The PNS …

B0 concomitant field compensation for MRI systems employing asymmetric transverse gradient coils

PT Weavers, S Tao, JD Trzasko… - Magnetic resonance …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Imaging gradients result in the generation of concomitant fields, or Maxwell fields,
which are of increasing importance at higher gradient amplitudes. These time‐varying fields …

Minimizing the echo time in diffusion imaging using spiral readouts and a head gradient system

BJ Wilm, F Hennel, MB Roesler… - Magnetic resonance …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) is commonly limited by low signal‐to‐noise ratio
(SNR) as well as motion artifacts. To address this limitation, a method that allows to …

Minimum electric‐field gradient coil design: Theoretical limits and practical guidelines

PB Roemer, BK Rutt - Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To develop new concepts for minimum electric‐field (E‐field) gradient design, and
to define the extents to which E‐field can be reduced in gradient design while maintaining a …

Application of adaptive image receive coil technology for whole-brain imaging

PM Cogswell, JD Trzasko, EM Gray… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. The Adaptive Image Receive (AIR) radiofrequency coil is an emergent
technology that is lightweight and flexible and exhibits electrical characteristics that …