Magnetic particle imaging

Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) is a tomographic imaging technique that measures the magnetic fields generated by magnetic particles in a tracer. Researchers at Philips Research have used the technique to achieve resolutions finer than one millimeter. Magnetic Particle Imaging has potential applications in medicine and material science. Recently, the first in-vivo results were published revealing structures of a beating mouse heart.

In comparison to the classic setup as a cave, the university of Lübeck in Germany is developing a single-sided MPI scanner. The single-sided MPI scanner could be used like a subsonic device.

Congresses, Workshops

• Homepage of the International Workshop on MPI

References

• "Nature 435, 1214–1217 (02005_06_30)"
• "Three-dimensional real-time in vivo magnetic particle imaging"
• "MPI work at University of California, Berkeley"
• "MPI research at University of Lübeck"
• "Philips announces breakthrough in medical imaging technology"

External links

• J.-P. Gehrcke. Characterization of the Magnetic Particle Imaging Signal Based on Theory, Simulation, and Experiment. M. Sc. thesis, University of Würzburg, 2010.