Integration of Miniaturized Ultrasound and Single-Sided, Low-Field MRI
Cheng Chen1, Mason Greer1, Michael Twieg1, Mark A. Griswold1,2, and Soumyajit Mandal1
1Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States, 2Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, United States
Ultrasound (US) and magnetic resonance (MR) are two well-established imaging
modalities with largely complementary contrast mechanisms. We propose and
experimentally evaluate the feasibility of a fundamentally new tool; miniaturized
two-dimensional (2-D) US collocated with a one-dimensional (1-D) single-sided MR
system for bimodal imaging in portable or wearable form factors. The proposed
system will be capable of scheduling both measurements in real-time, thus
enabling closed-loop operation in which the output of one sensor is used to
optimize the operation of the other. We study
the feasibility of such a system and show preliminary experimental results
obtained by combining a commercial US imaging system with a custom single-sided
planar MR sensor.
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