Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) is a tomographic imaging technique that measures the magnetic fields generated by superparamagnetic nanoparticles (iron oxide) as tracers. Researchers at Philips Research have used the technique to achieve resolutions finer than one millimeter. Magnetic Particle Imaging has potential applications in medicine and material science. Recently, the first in-vivo results were published revealing structures of a beating mouse heart.
In comparison to the classic setup as a cave, the University of Lübeck in Germany is developing a single-sided MPI scanner. The single-sided MPI scanner could be used like a subsonic device.
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