Dual-Tuned Magnetic Metasurface for Field Enhancement in <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>23</sup>Na 1.5 T MRI
In this paper, we present a novel passive dual-tuned magnetic metasurface, which can enhance the field distribution produced by a closely placed radio-frequency coil for both <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>23</sup>Na 1.5 T MRI imaging. In particular, the proposed solution comprises a...
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| description | In this paper, we present a novel passive dual-tuned magnetic metasurface, which can enhance the field distribution produced by a closely placed radio-frequency coil for both <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>23</sup>Na 1.5 T MRI imaging. In particular, the proposed solution comprises a 5 × 5 capacitively loaded array, in which each unit-cell is composed of two concentric spiral coils. Specifically, the unit-cell internal spiral coil operates at the proton Larmor frequency (64 MHz), whereas the external is at the sodium one (17 MHz). Therefore, the paper aims to demonstrate the possibility of enhancing the magnetic field distribution in transmission and reception for 1.5 T MRI scanners by using the same metasurface configuration for imaging both nuclei, thus drastically simplifying the required instrumentation. We first describe the theoretical model used to design and synthetize the dual-tuned magnetic metasurface. Next, full-wave simulations are carried out to validate the approach. Finally, we report the experimental results acquired by testing the fabricated prototype at the workbench, observing a good agreement with the theoretical design and the numerical simulations. In particular, the metasurface increases the transmission efficiency <i>T<sub>x</sub></i> in presence of a biological phantom by a factor 3.5 at 17 MHz and by a factor 5 at 64 MHz, respectively. The proposed solution can pave the way for MRI multi-nuclei diagnostic technique with better images quality, simultaneously reducing the scanning time, the invasiveness on the patient and the overall costs. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2f159c08772f453d91161ea985f3337e2025-08-20T02:23:00ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172025-05-011511595810.3390/app15115958Dual-Tuned Magnetic Metasurface for Field Enhancement in <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>23</sup>Na 1.5 T MRISabrina Rotundo0Valeria Lazzoni1Alessandro Dellabate2Danilo Brizi3Agostino Monorchio4Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa, ItalyIn this paper, we present a novel passive dual-tuned magnetic metasurface, which can enhance the field distribution produced by a closely placed radio-frequency coil for both <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>23</sup>Na 1.5 T MRI imaging. In particular, the proposed solution comprises a 5 × 5 capacitively loaded array, in which each unit-cell is composed of two concentric spiral coils. Specifically, the unit-cell internal spiral coil operates at the proton Larmor frequency (64 MHz), whereas the external is at the sodium one (17 MHz). Therefore, the paper aims to demonstrate the possibility of enhancing the magnetic field distribution in transmission and reception for 1.5 T MRI scanners by using the same metasurface configuration for imaging both nuclei, thus drastically simplifying the required instrumentation. We first describe the theoretical model used to design and synthetize the dual-tuned magnetic metasurface. Next, full-wave simulations are carried out to validate the approach. Finally, we report the experimental results acquired by testing the fabricated prototype at the workbench, observing a good agreement with the theoretical design and the numerical simulations. In particular, the metasurface increases the transmission efficiency <i>T<sub>x</sub></i> in presence of a biological phantom by a factor 3.5 at 17 MHz and by a factor 5 at 64 MHz, respectively. The proposed solution can pave the way for MRI multi-nuclei diagnostic technique with better images quality, simultaneously reducing the scanning time, the invasiveness on the patient and the overall costs.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/11/5958magnetic metasurfacemagnetic resonance imagingmulti-nuclei imagingsignal-to-noisetransmission efficiency |
| spellingShingle | Sabrina Rotundo Valeria Lazzoni Alessandro Dellabate Danilo Brizi Agostino Monorchio Dual-Tuned Magnetic Metasurface for Field Enhancement in <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>23</sup>Na 1.5 T MRI Applied Sciences magnetic metasurface magnetic resonance imaging multi-nuclei imaging signal-to-noise transmission efficiency |
| title | Dual-Tuned Magnetic Metasurface for Field Enhancement in <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>23</sup>Na 1.5 T MRI |
| title_full | Dual-Tuned Magnetic Metasurface for Field Enhancement in <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>23</sup>Na 1.5 T MRI |
| title_fullStr | Dual-Tuned Magnetic Metasurface for Field Enhancement in <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>23</sup>Na 1.5 T MRI |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dual-Tuned Magnetic Metasurface for Field Enhancement in <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>23</sup>Na 1.5 T MRI |
| title_short | Dual-Tuned Magnetic Metasurface for Field Enhancement in <sup>1</sup>H and <sup>23</sup>Na 1.5 T MRI |
| title_sort | dual tuned magnetic metasurface for field enhancement in sup 1 sup h and sup 23 sup na 1 5 t mri |
| topic | magnetic metasurface magnetic resonance imaging multi-nuclei imaging signal-to-noise transmission efficiency |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/15/11/5958 |
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