The integration of real and virtual magnetic resonance imaging experiments in a single instrument

Jonathan C Sharp; Donghui Yin; Richard H Bernhardt; Qunli Deng; Andrew E Procca; Randy L Tyson; Kan Lo; Boguslaw Tomanek

doi:10.1063/1.3202410

The integration of real and virtual magnetic resonance imaging experiments in a single instrument

Rev Sci Instrum. 2009 Sep;80(9):093709. doi: 10.1063/1.3202410.

Authors

Jonathan C Sharp¹, Donghui Yin, Richard H Bernhardt, Qunli Deng, Andrew E Procca, Randy L Tyson, Kan Lo, Boguslaw Tomanek

Affiliation

¹ Institute for Biodiagnostics (West), National Research Council of Canada, B153-3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada. Jonathan.Sharp@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

PMID: 19791946
DOI: 10.1063/1.3202410

Abstract

We present the design of an integrated system for performing both real and virtual (simulated) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) experiments. We emphasize the approaches used to maximize the level of integration and also the benefits that tight real-virtual integration brings for a scientific instrument. The system has been implemented for both low field (0.2 T) and high field (9.4 T) imaging systems. The simulations can run for any MRI experiment and we demonstrate the operation of the system for T(1), T(2), T(2) ( *), and diffusion contrasts.

Publication types

Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

Computer-Aided Design
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Image Enhancement / instrumentation*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / instrumentation*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Systems Integration
User-Computer Interface*