Abstract
Burn depth assessment in clinics is still inaccurate because of the lack of feasible and practical testing devices and methods. Therefore, this process often depends on subjective judgment of burn surgeons. In this study, a new unilateral magnetic resonance imaging (UMRI) sensor equipped with a 2D gradient coil system was established, and we attempted to assess burns using unilateral nuclear magnetic resonance devices. A reduced Halbach magnet was utilized to generate a magnetic field that was relatively homogeneous on a target plane with a suitable field of view for 2D spatial localization. A uniplanar gradient coil system was designed by utilizing the mainstream target field method, and a uniplanar RF (radio frequency) coil was designed by using a time-harmonic inverse method for the UMRI sensor. A 2D image of the cross sections of a simple burn model was obtained by a fast 2D pure-phase encoding imaging method. The design details of the novel single-sided MRI probe and imaging tests are also presented.
Highlights
Burn depth measurement is crucial in the clinical management of burned patients
Subjective judgment is only accurate in 60%–75% of cases, even for an experienced burn surgeon, clinical assessment remains the most commonly applied method for burn depth assessment [3]
The 1D imaging method is similar to the method proposed by Prado [28], but the gradient pulse was switched after the first RF pulse and dozens of 180° pulse were followed to obtain numerous echoes co-added for signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) improvement
Summary
Burn depth measurement is crucial in the clinical management of burned patients. burn depth assessment in clinics is still inaccurate because of the lack of feasible and practical testing devices and methods. Various approaches have been employed to provide an objective assessment of burn depth These approaches include biopsy and histology, optical measurement, ultrasound, high-field nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and different perfusion measurement techniques, including laser Doppler technique, thermography, and video microscopy [1,2]. For planar coil design in transverse single-sided imaging systems, a surface gradient coil design presented by Cho [16] produces a field that is suitable for x- and y-gradient coils, with transverse components that vary linearly as a function of position. We propose a new UMRI system for assessing burns This system is composed of an optimal single-sided magnet utilizing a reduced Halbach magnet, uniplanar gradient coils designed using the mainstream target field method, and an RF coil designed utilizing the time-harmonic inverse design. A prototype UNMR system was designed and constructed, and the 2D imaging results of a simple burn model are presented in this paper
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