[HTML][HTML] Connectome 2.0: Developing the next-generation ultra-high gradient strength human MRI scanner for bridging studies of the micro-, meso-and macro …

SY Huang, T Witzel, B Keil, A Scholz, M Davids, P Dietz… - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
The first phase of the Human Connectome Project pioneered advances in MRI technology
for mapping the macroscopic structural connections of the living human brain through the …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Gradient waveform design for tensor-valued encoding in diffusion MRI

F Szczepankiewicz, CF Westin, M Nilsson - Journal of Neuroscience …, 2021 - Elsevier
Diffusion encoding along multiple spatial directions per signal acquisition can be described
in terms of a b-tensor. The benefit of tensor-valued diffusion encoding is that it unlocks …

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 …

Peripheral nerve stimulation informed design of a high‐performance asymmetric head gradient coil

M Davids, P Dietz, G Ruyters, M Roesler… - Magnetic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) limits the image encoding performance of both
body gradient coils and the latest generation of head gradients. We analyze a variety of …

High slew‐rate head‐only gradient for improving distortion in echo planar imaging: preliminary experience

ET Tan, SK Lee, PT Weavers, D Graziani… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate the effects on echo planar imaging (EPI) distortion of using high
gradient slew rates (SR) of up to 700 T/m/s for in vivo human brain imaging, with a …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting magnetostimulation thresholds in the peripheral nervous system using realistic body models

M Davids, B Guérin, M Malzacher, LR Schad… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Rapid switching of applied magnetic fields in the kilohertz frequency range in the human
body induces electric fields powerful enough to cause Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) …

Peripheral nerve stimulation limits of a high amplitude and slew rate magnetic field gradient coil for neuroimaging

ET Tan, Y Hua, EW Fiveland… - Magnetic resonance …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To establish peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) thresholds for an ultra‐high
performance magnetic field gradient subsystem (simultaneous 200‐mT/m gradient …