Cranial surgery with an expanded compact intraoperative magnetic resonance imager

2006 ◽  
Vol 104 (4) ◽  
pp. 611-617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Schulder ◽  
Sussan Salas ◽  
Michael Brimacombe ◽  
Peter Fine ◽  
Jeffrey Catrambone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Additional Time ◽  
Mean Error ◽  
Low Field ◽  
Skull Base Lesions ◽  
Time Required ◽  
Navigational Tool ◽  
The Magnetic Field

✓In this article the authors report the implementation of an expanded compact intraoperative magnetic resonance (iMR) imager that is designed to overcome significant limitations of an earlier unit. The PoleStar N20 iMR imager has a stronger magnetic field than its predecessor (0.15 tesla compared with 0.12 tesla), a wider gap between magnet poles, and an ergonomically improved gantry design. The additional time needed in the operating room (OR) for use of iMR imaging and the number of sessions per patient were recorded. Stereotactic accuracy of the integrated navigational tool was assessed using a water-covered phantom. Of the 55 patients who have undergone surgery in the PoleStar N20 device, diagnoses included glioma in 13, meningioma in 12, pituitary adenoma in nine, other skull base lesions in seven, and miscellaneous other diagnoses. The extra time required for use of the system averaged 1.1 hours (range 0.5–2 hours). Imaging sessions averaged 2.3 per surgery (range one–six sessions). Measurement of stereotactic accuracy revealed that T1-weighted images were the most accurate. Thinner slices yielded measurably greater accuracy, although this was of questionable clinical significance (all sequences ≤ 4 mm had a mean error of ≤ 1.8 mm). The position of the phantom in the center compared with the periphery of the magnetic field did not affect accuracy (mean error 0.9 mm for each). The PoleStar N20 appears to make intraoperative neuroimaging with a low-field-strength magnet much more practical than it was with the first-generation device. Greater ease of positioning resulted in a decrease in added time in the OR and encouraged a larger number of imaging sessions.

scholarly journals Magnetic nulls in interacting dipolar fields

2021 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd Elder ◽  
Allen H. Boozer
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Current Density ◽  
Magnetic Flux Tube ◽  
Electron Inertia ◽  
Characteristic Spatial Scale ◽  
Field Lines ◽  
Dipolar Fields ◽  
Time Required ◽  
Magnetic Null ◽  
The Magnetic Field

The prominence of nulls in reconnection theory is due to the expected singular current density and the indeterminacy of field lines at a magnetic null. Electron inertia changes the implications of both features. Magnetic field lines are distinguishable only when their distance of closest approach exceeds a distance $\varDelta _d$ . Electron inertia ensures $\varDelta _d\gtrsim c/\omega _{pe}$ . The lines that lie within a magnetic flux tube of radius $\varDelta _d$ at the place where the field strength $B$ is strongest are fundamentally indistinguishable. If the tube, somewhere along its length, encloses a point where $B=0$ vanishes, then distinguishable lines come no closer to the null than $\approx (a^2c/\omega _{pe})^{1/3}$ , where $a$ is a characteristic spatial scale of the magnetic field. The behaviour of the magnetic field lines in the presence of nulls is studied for a dipole embedded in a spatially constant magnetic field. In addition to the implications of distinguishability, a constraint on the current density at a null is obtained, and the time required for thin current sheets to arise is derived.

scholarly journals Principal Component Gradiometer technique for removal of spacecraft-generated disturbances from magnetic field data

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ovidiu Dragoş Constantinescu ◽  
Hans-Ulrich Auster ◽  
Magda Delva ◽  
Olaf Hillenmaier ◽  
Werner Magnes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Magnetic Field Data ◽  
Service Oriented ◽  
Sensor Configuration ◽  
Time Required ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Magnetic Field

Abstract. In situ measurement of the magnetic field using space borne instruments requires either a magnetically clean platform and/or a very long boom for accommodating magnetometer sensors at a large distance from the spacecraft body. This significantly drives up the costs and time required to build a spacecraft. Here we present an alternative sensor configuration and an algorithm allowing for ulterior removal of the spacecraft generated disturbances from the magnetic field measurements, thus lessening the need for a magnetic cleanliness program and allowing for shorter boom length. The proposed algorithm is applied to the Service Oriented Spacecraft Magnetometer (SOSMAG) onboard the Korean geostationary satellite GeoKompsat-2A (GK2A) which uses for the first time a multi-sensor configuration for onboard data cleaning. The successful elimination of disturbances originating from several sources validates the proposed cleaning technique.

EFFECT OF ATTENUATED MAGNETIC FIELD ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE LIVER AND SPLEEN IN EMBRYONIC JAPANESE QUAIL

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (6) ◽  
pp. 50-55
Author(s):  
S.A. Pineguin ◽  
◽  
O.A. Dadasheva ◽  
E.I. Mednikova ◽  
O.A. Grushina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Japanese Quail ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Space Missions ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Living Organisms ◽  
The Magnetic Field

Expectation of remote space missions and long-term stay and work on the Moon with the magnetic field 1,000 times weaker than on Earth sets the researchers the formidable task to investigate effects of the hypomagnetic environment on living organisms. The paper reports data about the liver and spleen development in Japanese quail embryos of various age exposed in a modeled lunar magnetic field. Retardation of hemopoiesis was observed as in the first generation embryos (F1), so in sequential embryo generations developed in the ordinary magnetic environment (F2).

scholarly journals Effective Suppression of Residual Magnetic Interference in a Conductive Shielded Room for Ultra-Low Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 3745
Author(s):  
Yiqiu Tan ◽  
Danfeng Zhou ◽  
Mengxiao Song ◽  
Jie Li
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Eddy Currents ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Signal Loss ◽  
Low Field ◽  
Residual Magnetic Field ◽  
Control Electronics ◽  
Nuclear Magnetic

Residual magnetic interference induced by applied magnetic field pulses inside a conductive shielded room (SR) has been a common issue in ultra-low-field (ULF) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The rapid cutoff of the applied pre-polarizing field (Bp) induces eddy currents in the walls of the SR, which produces a decaying residual magnetic interference that may cause severe image distortions and signal loss. In this study, a pair of cancellation coils (CC) and control electronics were designed for the suppression of the residual magnetic interference in a SR. Simulations show that this method was effective in suppressing the residual magnetic field (Br) after removal of the pre-polarizing magnetic field. Then, a small-scale SR was designed and the effectiveness of this cancellation scheme was experimentally verified. The test results showed a good agreement with the simulation, which indicated that the cancellation scheme was capable of reducing Br field to a much lower level. The scheme proposed in this study provides a solution for suppressing the residual magnetic field in the ULF NMR system. After decoupling the eddy–current field, the effect of the suppression may be further improved by optimization of the cancellation coil in further work.

Effect of Elongation on the Proton Magnetic Resonance of Natural Rubber

1957 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 528-530
Author(s):  
Keichi Oshima ◽  
Hazime Kusumoto
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Natural Rubber ◽  
Proton Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Resonance Absorption ◽  
Field Inhomogeneity ◽  
Fixed Frequency ◽  
Derivatives Of ◽  
The Magnetic Field

Abstract Several authors have already reported their studies on natural rubber by the method of proton magnetic resonance. However, since there has been little work on the effect of elongation on proton magnetic resonance absorption, we present our investigation on the proton magnetic resonance absorption of stretched samples of vulcanized natural rubber. For this experiment a large permanent magnet shown in Figure 1 was constructed. The magnetic field strength was 6090 gauss at the center of the gap at 18° C. The magnet had a field inhomogeneity of about 0.01 gauss in a 0.2 cc. sample. The derivatives of the resonance line were recorded at fixed frequency, changing the magnetic field linearly in time with an automatic electronic bias control. Control of the temperature from liquid nitrogen to room temperature was performed by a cryostat similar to that described by Gutowsky.

scholarly journals Полностью оптический магнитометрический датчик для задач магнитоэнцефалографии и томографии сверхслабого поля

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (17) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
А.К. Вершовский ◽  
А.С. Пазгалев ◽  
М.В. Петренко
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Shot Noise ◽  
Magnetic Moment ◽  
Resonance Line ◽  
Optical Pumping ◽  
Resonance Excitation ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Resonance Line Width ◽  
The Magnetic Field

A version of the scheme of an atomic cesium vapour magnetometric sensor using magnetic resonance excitation by modulated radiation transverse to the magnetic field of hyperfine optical pumping is proposed and experimentally studied. It is shown that when using a cell with a volume of 0.125 cm3, the variational sensitivity of the sensor, estimated from the ratio of the steepness of the signal at the center of the magnetic resonance to the shot noise of the detecting radiation, reaches a level of less than 10 fT/Hz1/2 in the frequency band determined by the magnetic resonance line width (of the order of 800 Hz). The sensor, which does not use and does not emit resonant radio-frequency fields, is designed to operate in magnetoencephalographic complexes. Possible ways to increase the frequency response of the circuit for detecting relatively fast (~ 4.2 kHz in a field of 0.1 mT) proton magnetic moment precession signals in promising ultralow field tomography schemes are considered.

scholarly journals ERROR IN MEASURING THE MAGNETIC LIQUID MAGNETIZATION BY THE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, CAUSED BY THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE EFFECTIVE FIELD CONSTANT

2021 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 15-18
Author(s):  
Alexander I. Zhernovoy ◽  
◽  
Ilya A. Yakimenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Field ◽  
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Field Strength ◽  
Magnetic Field Strength ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Magnetic Liquid ◽  
Different Shapes ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Magnetic Field

The magnetic liquid magnetization is usually determined by measuring the magnetic field strength, which linearly depends on the effective field constant of the liquid and the demagnetization coefficient of the sample. The article proposes to measure the magnetic field strength, generated by the same magnetic liquid in the samples of different shapes, and to determine the magnetization relying on the difference in strength, generated by the samples of various shapes, taking advantage of the fact that the effective field constant does not depend on the shape of the sample

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