INCREASING THE SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO IN LOW-FIELD MR SCANNER AT DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR AND MEDICAL ELECTRONICS

Michał Wieteska

M.Wieteska@ire.pw.edu.pl
Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Department of Nuclear and Medical Electronics (Poland)

Wojciech Obrębski


Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Department of Nuclear and Medical Electronics (Poland)

Ewa Piątkowska-Janko


Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Department of Nuclear and Medical Electronics (Poland)

Błażej Sawionek


Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Department of Nuclear and Medical Electronics (Poland)

Piotr Bogorodzki


Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Department of Nuclear and Medical Electronics (Poland)

Abstract

This article presents studies carried by laboratory of Biomedical and Nucleonic Computer Systems. Our research concerns improvement of quality of imaging in low-field MRI scanner with field strength of 0.23 T as well as development of techniques of proton-electron dual resonance imaging and hyperpolarization of noble gases. Achieved results may contribute to improvement of multiple techniques of medical diagnostics, in particular functional study of lungs and heart as well as brain perfusion.


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magnetic resonance imaging

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2017-03-03

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Wieteska, M. ., Obrębski, W., Piątkowska-Janko, E., Sawionek, B., & Bogorodzki, P. (2017). INCREASING THE SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO IN LOW-FIELD MR SCANNER AT DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR AND MEDICAL ELECTRONICS. Informatyka, Automatyka, Pomiary W Gospodarce I Ochronie Środowiska, 7(1), 133–136. https://doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0010.4602

Authors

Michał Wieteska 
M.Wieteska@ire.pw.edu.pl
Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Department of Nuclear and Medical Electronics Poland

Authors

Wojciech Obrębski 

Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Department of Nuclear and Medical Electronics Poland

Authors

Ewa Piątkowska-Janko 

Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Department of Nuclear and Medical Electronics Poland

Authors

Błażej Sawionek 

Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Department of Nuclear and Medical Electronics Poland

Authors

Piotr Bogorodzki 

Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology, Department of Nuclear and Medical Electronics Poland

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