Detail

Keywords

Biomedical Engineering; Computer Simulation; Electromagnetic Fields; Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Research group(s)

• Laistler group
  Head: Elmar Laistler
  Research Area: We are working on hardware and simulations to make Magnetic Resonance faster and better.
  Members:
  Sigrun Roat
  Michael Obermann
  Raphaela Czerny
  Elmar Laistler
  Roberta Frass-Kriegl
  Jean-Lynce Gnanago
  Lena Nohava
• MR Physics
  Research Area: MR Physics research group is perusing basic methodological research in the area of the magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and spectroscopy.
  Members:
  Sigrun Roat
  Michael Obermann
  Stefan Wampl
  David Linhardt
  Martin Meyerspeer
  Veronika Cap
  Lorenz Kiss
  Raphaela Czerny
  Elmar Laistler
  Michael Woletz
  Roberta Frass-Kriegl
  Jean-Lynce Gnanago
  Martin Tik
  Kostiantyn Repnin
  Lena Nohava

Research interests

We are working on hardware and simulations to make Magnetic Resonance faster and better

Radio Frequency (RF) coils are our passion.

We put a special focus on design, simulation, and construction of non-standard coils and like it flexible & wearable, multi-nuclear, or multi-modal.

Techniques, methods & infrastructure

We are running a fully equipped Radio Frequency Lab right next to a 7 Tesla MR scanner and across the hall from two 3 Tesla scanners.

For 3D electromagnetic simulations we operate dedicated workstations with powerful GPUs to optimize RF coils and evaluate their safety.

Grants

• MRITwins – Twinning of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Institutes (2022)
  Source of Funding: EU, Horizon Europe
  Principal Investigator
• FlexShim (2019)
  Source of Funding: OeNB (Oesterreichische Nationalbank), Anniversary Fund
  Principal Investigator
• BRACOIL - Smart bra-shaped MRI breast coil (2017)
  Source of Funding: FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Joint Project with ANR (France)
  Principal Investigator
• pULSE - parallel transmit Ultra-fast Local SAR Estimation (2015)
  Source of Funding: FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Stand-Alone Projects
  Principal Investigator
• FLEXAR7 - Multi-purpose FLEXible coil ARray for high resolution 7T MRI (2013)
  Source of Funding: FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Joint Project with ANR (France)
  Principal Investigator

Selected publications

1. Laistler, E. & Moser, E., 2018. Handy magnetic resonance coils. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 2(8), pp.557-558. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41551-018-0278-y.
2. Nohava, L. et al. (2021) ‘Flexible Multi-Turn Multi-Gap Coaxial RF Coils: Design Concept and Implementation for Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 3 and 7 Tesla’, IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 40(4), pp. 1267–1278. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tmi.2021.3051390.
3. Frass-Kriegl, R. et al. (2018) ‘Flexible 23-channel coil array for high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging at 3 Tesla’, PLOS ONE. Edited by C.M. Deniz, 13(11), p. e0206963. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206963.
4. Navarro de Lara, L.I. et al. (2014) ‘A novel coil array for combined TMS/fMRI experiments at 3 T’, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 74(5), pp. 1492–1501. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.25535.
5. Goluch, S. et al. (2014) ‘A form-fitted three channel31P, two channel1H transceiver coil array for calf muscle studies at 7 T’, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 73(6), pp. 2376–2389. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.25339.