This $595,870 Project Grant award was provided by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) under the Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health (CFDA 93.286) program. The grant supports the development and demonstration of a novel shape optimization approach for the design of radiofrequency (RF) coils used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The goal is to create an open-source software toolkit that can automatically optimize the shape, position, and arrangement of coil elements to minimize deviation from theoretical performance limits. The project will model, simulate, and construct prototype flexible receive arrays for 3T knee imaging and a 7T transmit-receive head and neck coil, validating the optimization framework. All software will be distributed as open-source, fully documented, and accompanied by tutorials.
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