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Magnetic Resonance: From the Laboratory to Industrial Practice - Extension

磁共振：从实验室到工业实践 - 延伸

基本信息

批准号：
EP/K039318/1
负责人：
Lynn Gladden
金额：
$ 18.69万
依托单位：
University of Cambridge
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2014
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2014 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FK039318%2F1
关键词：
Magnetic Resonance Laboratory Industrial Practice

项目摘要

The Magnetic Resonance Research Centre (MRRC) is established as an international centre of expertise in applying magnetic resonance (MR) technique to engineering research challenges. MR has the advantage of being able to make chemically-specific measurements of the distribution of chemical species and different phases of materials, as well as measurements of the velocity with which such species are moving. It is able to do this in optically opaque environments, where optically-based measurements cannot be used. In its simplest terms, MRRC takes the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques that are used in hospitals and extends those techniques to study the far more magnetically heterogeneous systems (relative to human subjects) that are characteristic of engineering processes. In the period of the current Platform Grant we have been able to develop an MR method which can actually improve on methods used in medical MRI in application to human subjects; our initial work in this area has focused on functional MRI in which brain responses are mapped when certain functions are performed. However, our over-riding motivation is to use MR to gain a greater understanding of the way chemical processes operate so that they can be designed to operate more efficiently and therefore use less energy and produce less waste. This proposal aims to develop platforms in two areas.The first area seeks to take mathematical and numerical approaches from signal processing theory and extend them to enable completely new MR measurements to be made. An example might be to develop a new measurement capability which could be used on a process line in an industrial environment to monitor whether a product is being made to the correct specification. By developing MR measurements that can work on portable, robust, low-cost hardware operating at low magnetic fields, completely new applications of MR become possible. However to do this we have to think of new strategies for acquiring MR data. In this project, we will work closely with mathematicians to make sure that the methods we develop have firm mathematical foundations and can therefore be trusted in real process applications. The second part of the project focuses on maximising the potential use of a new catalytic reactor environment we have constructed to sit inside the MR magnet. The ability to map chemical composition inside a working reactor provides a unique research resource, which we will then offer in collaborative projects to researchers in the UK and internationally. A research worker will be dedicated to working with potential academic and industrial collaborators to identify candidate reactions and undertake feasibility studies to help these collaborators optimise the scope of collaborative projects which we will then seek full project funding for.

磁共振研究中心(MRRC)是一个将磁共振(MR)技术应用于工程研究挑战的国际专业中心。磁共振的优势在于能够对化学物种和材料的不同相的分布进行特定的化学测量，以及测量这些物种的移动速度。它能够在光学不透明的环境中做到这一点，在那里不能使用基于光学的测量。简而言之，MRRC采用了医院中使用的磁共振成像(MRI)技术，并将这些技术扩展到研究具有工程过程特征的更具磁性的异质系统(相对于人类受试者)。在目前的Platform Grant期间，我们已经能够开发出一种MR方法，它实际上可以改进医学MRI中用于人类受试者的方法；我们在这一领域的初步工作集中在功能MRI上，其中当某些功能被执行时，大脑反应被绘制出来。然而，我们最重要的动机是使用MR来更好地了解化学过程的运行方式，以便它们能够被设计为更高效地运行，从而使用更少的能源和产生更少的废物。这项建议旨在两个领域开发平台。第一个领域寻求从信号处理理论中获取数学和数值方法，并将其扩展到能够进行全新的MR测量。例如，开发一种新的测量能力，可用于工业环境中的流水线，以监控产品是否按正确的规格生产。通过开发可以在便携式、坚固、低磁场下运行的低成本硬件上工作的磁共振测量，磁共振的全新应用成为可能。然而，要做到这一点，我们必须想出获取磁共振数据的新策略。在这个项目中，我们将与数学家密切合作，以确保我们开发的方法具有坚实的数学基础，因此可以在实际过程应用中得到信任。该项目的第二部分侧重于最大限度地利用我们为坐在MR磁体内而建造的新催化反应器环境的潜在用途。绘制工作反应堆内部化学成分的能力提供了一个独特的研究资源，然后我们将在合作项目中向英国和国际上的研究人员提供这些资源。一名研究人员将致力于与潜在的学术和工业合作者合作，以确定候选反应并进行可行性研究，以帮助这些合作者优化合作项目的范围，然后我们将为这些项目寻求全额项目资金。