Title :
Improving the sensitivity in magnetorelaxometry imaging of magnetic nanoparticles
Author :
Baumgarten, Daniel ; Liebl, Maik ; Eichardt, Roland ; Wiekhorst, Frank ; Steinhoff, Uwe
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Biomed. Eng. & Inf., Tech. Univ. Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany
Abstract :
Magnetorelaxometry imaging with multiple excitation coils is a promising novel technique for the quantitative three-dimensional detection of magnetic nanoparticle distributions [1]. A possibly high and uniform spatial sensitivity towards the particle concentrations is crucial for the imaging quality. This sensitivity can be influenced during the actual measurement by adjusting the excitation fields or afterwards by adapting the inverse problem. Both approaches for system matrix whitening are investigated in this work.
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; inverse problems; magnetic particles; nanomedicine; nanoparticles; imaging quality; inverse problem; magnetic nanoparticles; magnetorelaxometry imaging; multiple excitation coils; particle concentrations; quantitative three-dimensional detection; system matrix; Coils; Inverse problems; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nanoparticles; Sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetic Particle Imaging (IWMPI), 2015 5th International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7269-2
DOI :
10.1109/IWMPI.2015.7107054