Novel materials in magnetic resonance imaging: high permittivity ceramics, metamaterials, metasurfaces and artificial dielectrics

A Webb, A Shchelokova, A Slobozhanyuk… - … Resonance Materials in …, 2022 - Springer
This article reviews recent developments in designing and testing new types of materials
which can be:(i) placed around the body for in vivo imaging,(ii) be integrated into a …

Electromagnetic metamaterials for biomedical applications: short review and trends

DC Tzarouchis, M Koutsoupidou… - EPJ Applied …, 2024 - epjam.edp-open.org
This mini-review examines the most prominent features and usages of metamaterials, such
as metamaterial-based and metamaterial-inspired RF components used for biomedical …

Flexible and compact hybrid metasurfaces for enhanced ultra high field in vivo magnetic resonance imaging

R Schmidt, A Slobozhanyuk, P Belov, A Webb - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Developments in metamaterials and related structures such as metasurfaces have opened
up new possibilities in designing materials and devices with unique properties. Here we …

A thin metallo-dielectric stacked metamaterial as “add-on” for magnetic field enhancement in clinical MRI

P Das, J Gupta, D Sikdar, R Bhattacharjee - Journal of Applied Physics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a widely used clinical diagnostic tool, which is based
on the principle of nuclear magnetic resonance of hydrogen atoms in human body. The …

Metamaterial combining electric-and magnetic-dipole-based configurations for unique dual-band signal enhancement in ultrahigh-field magnetic resonance imaging

R Schmidt, A Webb - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2017 - ACS Publications
Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy (MRI and MRS) are both widely used
techniques in medical diagnostics and research. One of the major thrusts in recent years has …

Metasurfaces of capacitively loaded metallic rings for magnetic resonance imaging surface coils

MJ Freire - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
This work investigates the use of a metasurface made up of a two-dimensional array of
capacitively loaded metallic rings to enhance the signal-to-noise ratio of magnetic …

Metamaterial-inspired radiofrequency (RF) shield with reduced specific absorption rate (SAR) and improved transmit efficiency for UHF MRI

H Chen, L Guo, M Li, A Destruel, C Liu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To prevent the interferences between radiofrequency (RF) coils and other components in the
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system such as gradient coils, it is essential to place an …

A magnetic resonance imaging surface coil transceiver employing a metasurface for 1.5 T applications

I Issa, KL Ford, M Rao, JM Wild - IEEE Transactions on Medical …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A capacitive impedance metasurface combined with a transceiver coil to improve the radio
frequency magnetic field for 1.5 T magnetic resonance imaging applications is presented …

Enhancing the brain MRI at ultra‐high field systems using a meta‐array structure

A Alipour, AC Seifert, BN Delman, PR Hof… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background The main advantage of ultra‐high field (UHF) magnetic resonance
neuroimaging is theincreased signal‐to‐noise ratio (SNR) compared with lower field …

Harnessing surface plasmons for magnetic resonance imaging applications

C Rizza, M Fantasia, E Palange, M Alecci… - Physical Review Applied, 2019 - APS
Highly localized electromagnetic waves appearing in subwavelength structures, such as
surface plasmons lying on a metal surface, are fundamental ingredients in nanophotonics …