Adjustable Subwavelength Metasurface‐Inspired Resonator for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Metasurfaces is a rapidly developing area with quite many prospective applications in light manipulation, aberration‐free optical imaging, and security. One potential area where metasurface approaches may provide a valuable contribution is medical imaging. In this paper, a novel subwavelength metasu...

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Published inPhysica status solidi. A, Applications and materials science Vol. 215; no. 5
Main Authors Brui, Ekaterina A., Shchelokova, Alena V., Zubkov, Mikhail, Melchakova, Irina V., Glybovski, Stanislav B., Slobozhanyuk, Alexey P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 07.03.2018
Subjects
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical imaging
metamaterials
Metasurfaces
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Radio frequency
Resonators
Sensitivity enhancement
subwavelength resonators
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Summary:Metasurfaces is a rapidly developing area with quite many prospective applications in light manipulation, aberration‐free optical imaging, and security. One potential area where metasurface approaches may provide a valuable contribution is medical imaging. In this paper, a novel subwavelength metasurface‐inspired resonator design is presented, which is employed to enhance the sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). To this end, the resonator is formed by an array of capacitively loaded telescopic wires is placed inside the scanner in a close proximity of the studied object. The telescopic design of the structure permits to mechanically adjust its eigenmode resonance frequency to the operational frequency of a 1.5T MRI machine, thus making it possible to enhance and redistribute the radiofrequency magnetic field of an available radiofrequency coil in the region of interest and therefore significantly increase the sensitivity of the receiver. A novel subwavelength metasurface inspired resonator design is presented, which is employed to enhance the sensitivity of MRI. The meta‐resonator formed by an array of capacitively loaded telescopic wires is placed inside the scanner under the studied object. The telescopic design of the meta‐resonator allows mechanical adjustment of its eigenmode resonance frequency to the operational frequency of 1.5T MRI.
ISSN:1862-6300
1862-6319
DOI:10.1002/pssa.201700788