Cape Town - 2026 ISMRM-ISMRT Annual Meeting and Exhibition
9 May 2026 – 14 May 2026 · Cape Town, South Africa
368-04-009 ISMRM Abstract

Cylindrical Metasurface for Efficient Travelling-wave MRI at 7T

Primary: Physics & Engineering - Non-Array RF Coils, Antennas & Waveguides
Secondary: Physics & Engineering - New Devices
368-04-009 · Novel MRI Hardware · Monday, 11 May, 2:45 PM–3:40 PM · Digital Posters Row I
Keywords: Waveguide Ultra high field MRI Metasurface
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Kristina Popova1, Georgiy Solomakha 2, Zicheng Wen3, Xiaotong Zhang4, Stanislav B Glybovski1, Yang Gao5
1School of Physics and Engineering, ITMO University, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
2High-Field Magnetic Resonance, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany
3Hangzhou Institute of Technology, Xidian University, Guangzhou, China
4College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
5Xidian University, Guangzhou, China
Presenting Author: Georgiy Solomakha

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