Sensor Arrays for NMR Imaging and Spectroscopy

9308921 Wright这项研究经费将资助一项研究，该研究应通过开发方法来推进磁共振显微镜领域，以在单位时间内获得比目前可能的更多的数据，并提高数据的信噪比。 将使用无线电频率传感器阵列。 目标如下：1）了解阵列的信噪比性能; 2）开发计算机辅助设计工具，模拟阵列与环境之间的相互作用; 3）最大限度地减少阵列中的噪声相关性; 4）开发廉价硬件，使阵列能够与现有系统和新系统一起使用; 5）评估阵列。 线圈阵列的这项研究是重要的，因为它将使磁共振显微镜和功能成像领域的进步，这项研究有可能保持与这些改进相关的成本。 ***

9308921 Wright This research grant will fund a study that should advance the field of magnetic resonance microscopy by developing methods to acquire more data per unit time than is presently possible and to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the data. Arrays of radio frequency sensors will be used. The goals are the following: 1) to develop an understanding of the signal-to-noise performance of the arrays; 2) to develop computer-aided design tools to model the interactions between the arrays and the environment; 3) to minimize the noise correlation in the array; 4) to develop inexpensive hardware to enable the use of the arrays with existing and new systems; and 5) to evaluate the arrays. This research on coil arrays is important since it will enable the fields of magnetic resonance microscopy and functional imaging to be advanced and this research has the potential to maintain the costs associated with these improvements. ***