Presentation 2017-01-19
Three-Dimensional Imaging of Magnetic Nanoparticles Using Multiple Pickup Coils
Yuya Tsujita, Masahiro Muta, Teruyoshi Sasayama, Keiji Enpuku,
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Abstract(in English) Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) has been extensively studied for in-vivo biomedical diagnosis. In this study, we developed an MPI system using multiple pickup coils, which is capable of imaging three-dimensional distribution of magnetic nanoparticles (MNP). In the experiment, we performed the three-dimensional MPI experiment using five pickup coils. Two MNP samples containing 40 μg(Fe) of MNPs were arranged by a spacing of 15 mm in xyz coordinate. An excitation field with a strength of 1.5 mT at 3 kHz and a DC gradient field with a field gradient of 0.2 T/m were used. A third harmonic signal generated from the MNP samples was detected with five pickup coils, and the samples were two-dimensionally scanned to obtain field maps. Then, the field maps were analyzed using the nonnegative least square method to reconstruct a three-dimensional distribution image. We successfully estimated the three-dimensional positions of the two MNP samples with good accuracy. We also performed simulation study to investigate the feasible spatial resolution on MPI. It was shown that the spatial resolution of 10 mm can be realized at the depth of 50 mm when signal-to-noise ratio of 20 is realized.
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Keyword(in English) magnetic particle imaging / multiple pickup coils / gradient coil / nonnegative least square method
Paper # SCE2016-45
Date of Issue 2017-01-12 (SCE)

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Committee SCE
Conference Date 2017/1/19(1days)
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Place (in English) Kikai-Shinko-Kaikan Bldg.
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Chair Nobuyuki Yoshikawa(Yokohama National Univ.)
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Secretary (National Defense Academy)
Assistant Hiroyuki Akaike(Nagoya Univ.) / Yuki Yamanashi(Yokohama National Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Superconductive Electronics
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Three-Dimensional Imaging of Magnetic Nanoparticles Using Multiple Pickup Coils
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) magnetic particle imaging
Keyword(2) multiple pickup coils
Keyword(3) gradient coil
Keyword(4) nonnegative least square method
1st Author's Name Yuya Tsujita
1st Author's Affiliation Kyushu University(Kyushu Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Masahiro Muta
2nd Author's Affiliation Kyushu University(Kyushu Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Teruyoshi Sasayama
3rd Author's Affiliation Kyushu University(Kyushu Univ.)
4th Author's Name Keiji Enpuku
4th Author's Affiliation Kyushu University(Kyushu Univ.)
Date 2017-01-19
Paper # SCE2016-45
Volume (vol) vol.116
Number (no) SCE-410
Page pp.pp.37-42(SCE),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2017-01-12 (SCE)