Open Access Publications

The Institute's work is published in both traditional journals (e.g. the prestigious imaging journal IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging) and open access journals. For traditional journals, a preprint is uploaded to ArXiv whenever possible to make the research results freely available.

In addition, Tobias Knopp, as Editor-in-Chief, has founded a new scientific Open Access journal, which makes all articles available under the Creative Commons License (CC-BY-4.0). The International Journal on MagneticParticle Imaging (IJMPI) was founded in 2015 and publishes new research developments within the MPI community.

Open Access Publications

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Title: Resonant Inductive Coupling Network for Human-Sized Magnetic Particle Imaging.
Written by: F. Mohn, F. Foerger, F. Thieben, M. Möddel, I. Schmale, T. Knopp and M. Graeser
in: <em>Review of Scientific Instruments</em>. (2024).
Volume: <strong>95</strong>. Number: (4),
on pages: 044701
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DOI: 10.1063/5.0192784
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Abstract: In magnetic particle imaging, a field-free region is maneuvered throughout the field of view using a time-varying magnetic field known as the drive-field. Human-sized systems operate the drive-field in the kHz range and generate it by utilizing strong currents that can rise to the kA range within a coil called the drive field generator. Matching and tuning between a power amplifier, a band-pass filter, and the drive-field generator is required. Here, for reasons of safety in future human scanners, a symmetrical topology and a transformer called an inductive coupling network are used. Our primary objectives are to achieve floating potentials to ensure patient safety while attaining high linearity and high gain for the resonant transformer. We present a novel systematic approach to the design of a loss-optimized resonant toroid with a D-shaped cross section, employing segmentation to adjust the inductance-to-resistance ratio while maintaining a constant quality factor. Simultaneously, we derive a specific matching condition for a symmetric transmit--receive circuit for magnetic particle imaging. The chosen setup filters the fundamental frequency and allows simultaneous signal transmission and reception. In addition, the decoupling of multiple drive field channels is discussed, and the primary side of the transformer is evaluated for maximum coupling and minimum stray field. Two prototypes were constructed, measured, decoupled, and compared to the derived theory and method-of-moment based simulations.