Design and manufacture of an ultra-high field ex vivo coil assembly
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2012.
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| author | Bridgers, Loren Daniel |
| author2 | Alexander Slocum. |
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| description | Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2012. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/744552019-04-12T20:26:32Z Design and manufacture of an ultra-high field ex vivo coil assembly Bridgers, Loren Daniel Alexander Slocum. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2012. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-79). Magnetic Resonance based architectonic segmentation aims to detect variations in brain architecture that may provide incredible insight into diseases such as epilepsy, schizophrenia, dyslexia, and autism. Data from ex vivo scans is necessary for the development of automatic methods to detect these critical variations in vivo (1) (2). The optimization of ex vivo imaging requires the design and construction of special purpose instrumentation. This thesis presents the mechanical design and construction of a 32 channel ex vivo coil assembly for use in a 7 tesla MRI. The unit will be used for research at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Also presented is the development and implementation of two unique low-cost tools to enhance the medical instrument prototyping process: a desktop vacuum casting system, and an automatic tool-path generation program for machining directly from STL files. Finally, an improved method and apparatus for degassing the tissue samples is developed and implemented leading to improvements in MRI image quality. by Loren Daniel Bridgers. S.M. 2012-10-26T18:10:15Z 2012-10-26T18:10:15Z 2012 2012 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74455 813318772 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 88 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Bridgers, Loren Daniel Design and manufacture of an ultra-high field ex vivo coil assembly |
| title | Design and manufacture of an ultra-high field ex vivo coil assembly |
| title_full | Design and manufacture of an ultra-high field ex vivo coil assembly |
| title_fullStr | Design and manufacture of an ultra-high field ex vivo coil assembly |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and manufacture of an ultra-high field ex vivo coil assembly |
| title_short | Design and manufacture of an ultra-high field ex vivo coil assembly |
| title_sort | design and manufacture of an ultra high field ex vivo coil assembly |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
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