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  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Physics
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Materials Science

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  • High-field MRI (7 Tesla) presents challenges for integrating optical head-motion tracking systems.
  • Radio frequency (RF) shielding is crucial to minimize signal loss and ensure imaging quality.
  • Existing shielding methods may obstruct line-of-sight or introduce significant RF losses.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify a shielding material suitable for optical head-motion tracking at 7 T MRI.
  • To minimize RF radiation losses while maintaining line-of-sight to the imaging target.
  • To enable prospective motion correction through integrated camera-based systems.

Main Methods:

  • Evaluation of a polyamide mesh with a silver coating.
  • Approximation and validation of silver coating thickness using vendor data, electrical conductivity, and light transmission.
  • Comparison of the mesh shield's performance against a split-copper shield using a four-channel transmit-only loop array.

Main Results:

  • The silver coating on the mesh is less than one skin depth at 300 MHz, with 15% light attenuation.
  • The mesh shield demonstrated more symmetrical array element behavior compared to the split-copper shield.
  • No degradation in transmit efficiency was observed for the mesh shield relative to the split-copper shield.

Conclusions:

  • A silver-coated polyamide mesh shield is compatible with future camera-based motion-tracking systems.
  • The mesh shield exhibits suitable transmit performance and favorable eddy-current characteristics for 7 T MRI.
  • This material offers a promising solution for integrating motion tracking in high-field MRI environments.