Flexible, Stretchable, and MR-Invisible Dielectric Material for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

IF 3 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
Seyedamin Hashemi;Sri Kirthi Kandala;Benjamin Agbo;Zachary A. Colwell;Kwanjoon Song;Renxuan Xie;Sung-Min Sohn
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Abstract

Flexible, stretchable, and MR-invisible dielectric materials were studied to increase the local magnetic field (B 1 ) and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in magnetic resonance imaging. An electromagnetic simulation was performed with different dielectric constants and physical structures to measure the effects on the magnetic field (H) distribution and the specific absorption rate (SAR). After flexible and stretchable dielectric pads composed of silicon carbide (SiC)- and barium titanate (BaTiO 3 )-based polymer mixtures were fabricated, MR imaging tests with two isotropic phantoms and an oxtail sample were performed in a preclinical 7 T scanner (BioSpec scanner, Bruker). The B 1 field intensities and SNR were compared with a reference image. Also, additional noise and image artifacts were evaluated. Simulation results show that wrapping an object with a dielectric material is the most effective method to increase the intensity and uniformity of the H field. The results of MR imaging consistently show a higher B 1 field intensity and SNR when utilizing dielectric materials. An improvement of 25.78% and 18.27% in SNR was observed when SiC- and BaTiO 3 -based dielectric pads were wrapped around an oxtail, respectively. In this work, the first stretchable dielectric materials with MR-invisibility were developed, and their performance was demonstrated with 7 T MR imaging.
用于磁共振成像的柔性、可拉伸和不可见介电材料
研究了柔性、可拉伸和mr不可见的介电材料,以增加磁共振成像中的局部磁场(b1)和信噪比(SNR)。采用不同介电常数和物理结构进行了电磁模拟,测量了不同介电常数和物理结构对介质磁场(H)分布和比吸收率(SAR)的影响。在由碳化硅(SiC)和钛酸钡(BaTiO 3)基聚合物混合物组成的柔性和可拉伸介质垫制成后,在临床前7 T扫描仪(BioSpec扫描仪,Bruker)中进行两个各向同性模型和一个牛尾样品的MR成像测试。将b1场强度和信噪比与参考图像进行比较。此外,还对附加的噪声和图像伪影进行了评估。仿真结果表明,用介质材料包裹物体是提高H场强度和均匀性的最有效方法。磁共振成像结果一致表明,介质材料具有更高的b1场强和信噪比。在牛尾表面包裹SiC基和batio3基介质片,信噪比分别提高了25.78%和18.27%。在这项工作中,开发了第一个具有磁共振不可见性的可拉伸介电材料,并通过7 T磁共振成像证明了它们的性能。
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