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
  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
  Martin Tik
  David Linhardt
  Martin Meyerspeer
  Veronika Cap
  Lorenz Kiss
  Raphaela Czerny
  Elmar Laistler
  Michael Woletz
  Roberta Frass-Kriegl
  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.