A new piezo actuator drive for magnetic resonance imaging

Markus Vogl, T. Kraus, R. Zeichfüßl, C. Wallenhauer, B. Gottlieb, A. Kappel, M. Peller, T. C. Lüth

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Abstract

In this paper a new piezo actuated drive the PAD is introduced. The PAD exhibits a combination of working principle and characteristics that makes it ideally suitable for robotics and positioning tasks in an MRI. Experiments in a 1.5 Tesla MRI showed that there is a high distortion in the images with the PAD next to the slice, but the image quality is improving rapidly, with an increasing distance between the PAD and the image by some centimeters. Connecting the PAD to the power supply does not affect the distortion, but increases the noise in the image.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering - Surgery, Minimal Invasive Interventions, Endoscopy and Image Guided Therapy
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages271-273
Number of pages3
Edition6
ISBN (Print)9783642039058
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
EventWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering - Surgery, Minimal Invasive Interventions, Endoscopy and Image Guided Therapy - Munich, Germany
Duration: 7 Sep 200912 Sep 2009

Publication series

NameIFMBE Proceedings
Number6
Volume25
ISSN (Print)1680-0737

Conference

ConferenceWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering - Surgery, Minimal Invasive Interventions, Endoscopy and Image Guided Therapy
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period7/09/0912/09/09

Keywords

  • MRI
  • Magnet resonance imaging
  • PAD
  • Piezo actuator drive
  • Robot drive

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