Improving Image Quality for open MRI Architectures through System Design Optimisation

项目目标：-优化开放式MRI系统的硬件设计，提高图像质量，减少成像时间，从而提高患者吞吐量。项目目标-设计新颖的射频（RF）线圈，以实现局部成像，并在未来对身体进行平行成像（以类似于现代雷达系统中使用的相控阵系统的形式）-设计，构建和测试电磁（EM）场相机，以定义和补偿图像采集期间的场变化-使用上述优化硬件研究体内的动态功能过程。目前，开放式核磁共振仪安装在诺丁汉的彼得·曼斯菲尔德爵士成像中心。目前正在详细规划各种工作包，以支持对系统设计进行协调的跨学科研究。项目启动日期为2021年4月1日。

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.