Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Ceramic resonators for targeted clinical magnetic resonance imaging of the breast

  • Alena Shchelokova,
  • Viacheslav Ivanov,
  • Anna Mikhailovskaya,
  • Egor Kretov,
  • Ivan Sushkov,
  • Svetlana Serebryakova,
  • Elizaveta Nenasheva,
  • Irina Melchakova,
  • Pavel Belov,
  • Alexey Slobozhanyuk,
  • Anna Andreychenko

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17598-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Here, the authors present a concept for targeted clinical magnetic resonance imaging for relatively small targets in the body. They use an artificial resonator for spatial redistribution and passive focusing of the radiofrequency magnetic flux and demonstrate feasibility for targeted breast imaging.