Hardware and Engineering

This course is designed for all researchers interested in learning about MR hardware (RF coil arrays and electronics), multi-nuclear imaging, parallel transmission, and RF safety issues at high-field imaging.

Coordinator: Gregor Adriany and Yigitcan Eryaman

Training Faculty: Gregor Adriany, Edward Auerbach, Alexander Bratch, Lance Delabarre, Yigitcan Eryaman, Taylor Froelich, Andrea Grant, Mike Garwood, Steve Jungst, Russell Lagore, Greg Metzger, Alireza Sadeghi-Tarakameh, Simon Schmidt, Matt Waks, Hannes Wiesner, Xiaoping Wu, and Nur Izzati Huda Zulkarnain 

Prerequisites: Basic understanding of MR physics, electromagnetic theory, RF electronics and measurement devices.

Location: 

• Terrarium conference room (until Lunch on Day 2).

• Q&A session on day 2 is hosted in the room next to the main kitchen. 

Notes:

• All breakfasts, coffee breaks and lunches are served in the second-floor lobby outside the seminar room. 

• Fireside chat with Kamil is hosted in the courtyard if weather permits; otherwise, the chat is hosted in the second-floor lobby outside the seminar room. 

• Social hour with light dinner is hosted in the second-floor lobby outside the seminar room.  

Program Syllabus

Day 1

• 8:30 Registration/Breakfast

• 9:00 Introduction

• 9:10 System Overview - High Channel Count Systems for UHF (Eddie Auerbach)

• 9:40 Introduction UHF coils for 7T and 10.5T (Gregor Adriany)

• 10:15 Electromagnetic Modeling of RF Coils (Alireza Sadeghi-Tarakameh)

• 10:45 Coffee Break

• 11:00 Multi-Channel Tx Arrays for UHF MRI (Matt Waks)

• 11:30 Multi-Channel Rx Arrays and Rx Electronics (Russel Lagore)

• 12:00 Lunch

• 13:00 Parallel lab sessions 

Session 1: MR Pre-Scan for Temperature Prediction Around Metallic Devices at 3T (Nur Izzati Huda Zulkarnain, Alireza Sadeghi Tarakameh, Yigitcan Eryaman) 

Session 2:  RF Coil Building and Electronics Measurements at Electronics Lab (Russell Lagore, Matt Waks, Steve Jungst)

• 15:00 Coffee Break

• 15:30 Parallel Transmission Pulse Design (Xiaoping Wu)

• 16:00 Multi Nuclear Imaging at UHF (Hannes Wiesner)

• 16:30 How we got here – Q&A

• 17:30 Fireside chat with Dr. Kamil Ugurbil

• 18:30 Social hour with light dinner

Day 2

• 8:30 Breakfast

• 9:00 Body Imaging at UHF (Greg Metzger, Simon Schmidt)

• 9:30 MR Safety with Implants  (Yigitcan Eryaman)

• 10:00 Safety approval procedures at CMRR for UHF-MRI (Andrea Grant)

• 10:30 Coffee Break

• 10:45 Parallel lab sessions 

Session 1: Overall CMRR Technical Tour (Except 10.5T) (Lance Delabarre, Gregor Adriany)

Session 2: pTx Demonstration at 10.5T (Simon Schmidt, Greg Metzger)

Switch out from the Terrarium and store personal belongings in the next-door consent room. 

• 12:45 Lunch

• 13:45 Parallel lab sessions 

Session 1: pTx Demonstration at 7TAS (Eddie Auerbach) 

Session 2: Portable Magnet Demonstration (Taylor Froelich, Mike Garwood)

• 15:45 Coffee Break

• 16:00 Parallel lab sessions  

Session 1: SAR Mapping at the RF Safety Lab (Nur Izzati Huda Zulkarnain, Alireza Sadeghi Tarakameh, Yigitcan Eryaman) 

Session 2: SKOPE Demonstration at 7T Terra (Alexander Bratch, Xiaoping Wu)

• 18:00 Where do we go from here – final Q&A (hosted in the room next to main kitchen)

• 18:30 Social hour with light dinner