Low-cost, Lightweight and Liquid Helium-free Superconducting MRI Magnet

低成本、轻量级、无液氦超导 MRI 磁体

• 批准号: LP200200689
• 负责人: A/Prof Md.Shahriar Hossain
• 金额: $ 33.55万
• 依托单位: The University of Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP200200689
• 关键词: Low; cost; Lightweight; Liquid; Helium

This project aims to develop a liquid-helium-free superconducting technology to address the need for more affordable MRI magnets that currently rely on expensive, limited supplies of liquid helium. This project expects to generate a world-first, much needed MRI systems to be operated in persistent mode without a power supply, to obtain high-resolution images and low-cost operation. The expected outcomes include a novel, lightweight, easy-to-operate magnesium diboride superconducting MRI magnet prototype under persistent mode operation. This should provide significant benefits, including reducing the cost associated with conventional liquid helium-dependent technologies and ensuring Australia at the forefront of MRI development worldwide.

该项目旨在开发一种无液氦超导技术，以满足对更经济实惠的MRI磁体的需求，这些磁体目前依赖昂贵且有限的液氦供应。该项目预计将产生世界上第一个急需的MRI系统，在没有电源的情况下以持续模式运行，以获得高分辨率图像和低成本运行。预期的成果包括一种新型的，重量轻，易于操作的二硼化镁超导MRI磁体原型下持续模式操作。这将带来巨大的好处，包括降低与传统液氦依赖技术相关的成本，并确保澳大利亚处于全球MRI发展的前沿。