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| Project Leader: | John Berlien johnb110@tamu.edu Electrical Engineering |
| Faculty Mentor: | Steven Wright, Ph.D. |
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Meeting Times:
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Summer 2016 (complete) |
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Team Size:
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4 (Team Full) |
| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Special Opportunities:
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Students will learn much about MRI and gain valuable skills and research experience. ECEN students will also be able chance to continue working in the lab. |
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Team Needs:
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Any discipline is welcome, though engineers are more encouraged. Students will learn most concepts on site. Programming and/or circuits experience is welcome. |
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Description:
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging is an invaluable tool used in many fields, and is a mainstay of medical imaging. Conventional MRI scanners are impractical to move and prohibitively expensive, weighing thousands of pounds and costing upwards of a million dollars. Thus, conventional approaches to MRI may be limiting the applications of this important technology. The goal of this project is to create a complete low-cost, portable MRI system. Using magnets already created, students will research different methods and construct an imaging system. Some methods include using permanent magnets and Software Defined Radio hardware and software. The current focus in the project is on shimming to make the magnets have a more homogeneous magnetic field. The next step is gradient design and implementation. There are several aspects to the project, and tasks assigned depend on current knowledge/skills. |