Improving Image Quality for open MRI Architectures through System Design Optimisation

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Project Aim:- To optimise the hardware design of open MRI systems, to improve image quality and reduce imaging times, thereby improving patient throughput.Project Objectives- To design novel radiofrequency (RF) coils to permit localised imaging, and in the future parallel imaging of the body (in the form of a phased array system similar to that utilised in modern radar systems)- To design, build and test an Electromagnetic (EM) Field camera to define and compensate for field variations during image acquisition- To study dynamic functional processes within the body using the optimised hardware described aboveProgress: At present the open MRI is installed at the Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre in Nottingham. The various work packages are being planned in detail to support a co-ordinated interdisciplinary study of the system design. The project kick-off date is 1st April 2021.