Sigrun Roat, MSc, PhD
Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Position: Research Associate (Postdoc)
ORCID: 0000-0001-9321-4136
T +43 1 40400 17720
sigrun.roat@meduniwien.ac.at
Keywords
Biomedical Engineering; Computer Simulation; Electromagnetic Fields; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
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: - 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:
Research interests
- RF coil development for ultra high field MRI
- X-nuclei RF coil development for 7T MRS
- 3D EM simulation for coil performance evaluation and SAR assessment
Techniques, methods & infrastructure
We develop dedicated RF coils for ultra-high field MR imaging & spectroscopy and specialize in 3D electromagnetic simulations & simulation post-processing.
Selected publications
- Roat, S. et al., 2020. A Flexible Array for Cardiac 31P MR Spectroscopy at 7 T. Frontiers in Physics, 8. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2020.00092.
- Goluch, S. et al., 2018. Proton-decoupled carbon magnetic resonance spectroscopy in human calf muscles at 7 T using a multi-channel radiofrequency coil. Scientific Reports, 8(1). Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-24423-x.
- Kuehne, A. et al., 2014. Power balance and loss mechanism analysis in RF transmit coil arrays. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 74(4), pp.1165-1176. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrm.25493.
- 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.
- 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, pp.1–1. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2021.3051390.