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A novel approach to monitor head movement inside an MR scanner using voltages induced in coils by time-varying gradients (2023)
Journal Article
Bhuiyan, E. H., Chowdhury, M. E., & Glover, P. M. (2023). A novel approach to monitor head movement inside an MR scanner using voltages induced in coils by time-varying gradients. IEEE Access, 11, 107004-107018. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2023.3318171

To determine head pose within an MR scanner using measurements of gradient-induced voltage from a multiple coil. A practical implementation of this approach would involve measuring the position-sensitive voltages induced by the imaging gradients rath... Read More about A novel approach to monitor head movement inside an MR scanner using voltages induced in coils by time-varying gradients.

The impact of variations in subject geometry, respiration and coil repositioning on the specific absorption rate in parallel transmit abdominal imaging at 7 T (2023)
Journal Article
Doran, E., Naim, I., Bowtell, R., Gowland, P. A., Glover, P. M., & Bawden, S. (in press). The impact of variations in subject geometry, respiration and coil repositioning on the specific absorption rate in parallel transmit abdominal imaging at 7 T. NMR in Biomedicine, Article e5032. https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.5032

Parallel transmit MRI at 7 T has increasingly been adopted in research projects and provides increased signal‐to‐noise ratios and novel contrasts. However, the interactions of fields in the body need to be carefully considered to ensure safe scanning... Read More about The impact of variations in subject geometry, respiration and coil repositioning on the specific absorption rate in parallel transmit abdominal imaging at 7 T.

Naturalistic Hyperscanning with Wearable Magnetoencephalography (2023)
Journal Article
Holmes, N., Rea, M., Hill, R. M., Boto, E., Leggett, J., Edwards, L. J., …Bowtell, R. (2023). Naturalistic Hyperscanning with Wearable Magnetoencephalography. Sensors, 23(12), Article 5454. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23125454

The evolution of human cognitive function is reliant on complex social interactions which form the behavioural foundation of who we are. These social capacities are subject to dramatic change in disease and injury; yet their supporting neural substra... Read More about Naturalistic Hyperscanning with Wearable Magnetoencephalography.

Enabling ambulatory movement in wearable magnetoencephalography with matrix coil active magnetic shielding (2023)
Journal Article
Holmes, N., Rea, M., Hill, R. M., Leggett, J., Edwards, L. J., Hobson, P. J., …Bowtell, R. (2023). Enabling ambulatory movement in wearable magnetoencephalography with matrix coil active magnetic shielding. NeuroImage, 274, Article 120157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120157

The ability to collect high-quality neuroimaging data during ambulatory participant movement would enable a wealth of neuroscientific paradigms. Wearable magnetoencephalography (MEG) based on optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) has the potential to... Read More about Enabling ambulatory movement in wearable magnetoencephalography with matrix coil active magnetic shielding.

A ‘Dynamic Kibble’ mass balance for the undergraduate physics teaching laboratory (2022)
Journal Article
Glover, P. M., Milner, C., Rambabu, A., & Varley, D. (2023). A ‘Dynamic Kibble’ mass balance for the undergraduate physics teaching laboratory. European Journal of Physics, 44(1), Article 015201. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ac9ef0

Originally envisaged in 1975 to realise the SI unit of electrical current, the Ampere, the Kibble balance has since developed into a powerhouse of modern scientific measurement. By combining theoretical simplicity with precision of measurement, it ha... Read More about A ‘Dynamic Kibble’ mass balance for the undergraduate physics teaching laboratory.

Improved Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Using Low Rank with Joint Sparsity (2022)
Journal Article
Zhang, J., Najeeb, F., Wang, X., Xu, P., Omer, H., Zheng, J., …Wang, C. (2022). Improved Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Using Low Rank with Joint Sparsity. IEEE Access, 10, 121193-121203. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2022.3222313

This work presents a free-breathing dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI reconstruction method called low-rank plus sparse (L+S) with joint sparsity. The proposed method improved dynamic contrast performance by integrating an additional temporal Fast... Read More about Improved Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Using Low Rank with Joint Sparsity.

A lightweight magnetically shielded room with active shielding (2022)
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Holmes, N., Rea, M., Chalmers, J., Leggett, J., Edwards, L. J., Nell, P., …Bowtell, R. (2022). A lightweight magnetically shielded room with active shielding. Scientific Reports, 12, Article 13561. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-17346-1

Magnetically shielded rooms (MSRs) use multiple layers of materials such as MuMetal to screen external magnetic fields that would otherwise interfere with high precision magnetic field measurements such as magnetoencephalography (MEG). Optically pump... Read More about A lightweight magnetically shielded room with active shielding.

Magnetic field design in a cylindrical high-permeability shield: The combination of simple building blocks and a genetic algorithm (2022)
Journal Article
Packer, M., Hobson, P. J., Davis, A., Holmes, N., Leggett, J., Glover, P., …Fromhold, T. M. (2022). Magnetic field design in a cylindrical high-permeability shield: The combination of simple building blocks and a genetic algorithm. Journal of Applied Physics, 131(9), Article 093902. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0071986

Magnetically sensitive experiments and newly developed quantum technologies with integrated high-permeability magnetic shields require increasing control of their magnetic field environment and reductions in size, weight, power, and cost. However, ma... Read More about Magnetic field design in a cylindrical high-permeability shield: The combination of simple building blocks and a genetic algorithm.

Planar Coil Optimization in a Magnetically Shielded Cylinder (2021)
Journal Article
Packer, M., Hobson, P. J., Holmes, N., Leggett, J., Glover, P., Brookes, M. J., …Fromhold, T. M. (2021). Planar Coil Optimization in a Magnetically Shielded Cylinder. Physical Review Applied, 15(6), Article 064006. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.15.064006

Hybrid magnetic shields with both active field generating components and high-permeability magnetic shielding are increasingly needed for various technologies and experiments that require precision-controlled magnetic field environments. However, the... Read More about Planar Coil Optimization in a Magnetically Shielded Cylinder.

Qualitative and quantitative assessment of magnetic vestibular stimulation in humans (2020)
Journal Article
Dewey, R. S., Gomez, R., Degg, C., Baguley, D. M., & Glover, P. (2020). Qualitative and quantitative assessment of magnetic vestibular stimulation in humans. Journal of Vestibular Research, 30(6), 353-361. https://doi.org/10.3233/VES-201538

The sensation of phantom motion or exhibition of bodily sway is often reported in the proximity of an MR scanner. It is proposed that the magnetic field stimulates the vestibular system. There are a number of possible mechanisms responsible, and the... Read More about Qualitative and quantitative assessment of magnetic vestibular stimulation in humans.

Measurement of fasted state gastric antral motility before and after a standard bioavailability and bioequivalence 240 mL drink of water: Validation of MRI method against concomitant perfused manometry in healthy participants (2020)
Journal Article
Heissam, K., Abrehart, N., Hoad, C. L., Wright, J., Menys, A., Murray, K., …Marciani, L. (2020). Measurement of fasted state gastric antral motility before and after a standard bioavailability and bioequivalence 240 mL drink of water: Validation of MRI method against concomitant perfused manometry in healthy participants. PLoS ONE, 15(11), e0241441. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241441

Objective The gastrointestinal environment in which drug products need to disintegrate before the drug can dissolve and be absorbed has not been studied in detail due to limitations, especially invasiveness of existing techniques. Minimal in vivo dat... Read More about Measurement of fasted state gastric antral motility before and after a standard bioavailability and bioequivalence 240 mL drink of water: Validation of MRI method against concomitant perfused manometry in healthy participants.

Optimal Inverse Design of Magnetic Field Profiles in a Magnetically Shielded Cylinder (2020)
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Packer, M., Hobson, P., Holmes, N., Leggett, J., Glover, P., Brookes, M., …Fromhold, T. (2020). Optimal Inverse Design of Magnetic Field Profiles in a Magnetically Shielded Cylinder. Physical Review Applied, 14(5), Article 054004. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.14.054004

Magnetic shields that use both active and passive components to enable the generation of a tailored low-field environment are required for many applications in science, engineering, and medical imaging. Until now, accurate field nulling, or field gen... Read More about Optimal Inverse Design of Magnetic Field Profiles in a Magnetically Shielded Cylinder.

Magnetic-field-induced Vertigo in the MR Environment (2019)
Book Chapter
Glover, P. (2019). Magnetic-field-induced Vertigo in the MR Environment. In eMagRes (191-197). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470034590.emrstm1607

This article discusses the theory behind, and the experimental evidence for, the perception of vertigo in a high magnetic field found in an magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environment. In this case, the term ‘vertigo’ is not used in its clinical sen... Read More about Magnetic-field-induced Vertigo in the MR Environment.

Imaging human cortical responses to intraneural microstimulation using magnetoencephalography (2019)
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O'Neill, G. C., Watkins, R. H., Ackerley, R., Barratt, E. L., Sengupta, A., Asghar, M., …Francis, S. T. (2019). Imaging human cortical responses to intraneural microstimulation using magnetoencephalography. NeuroImage, 189, 329-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.01.017

The sensation of touch in the glabrous skin of the human hand is conveyed by thousands of fast-conducting mechanoreceptive afferents, which can be categorised into four distinct types. The spiking properties of these afferents in the periphery in re... Read More about Imaging human cortical responses to intraneural microstimulation using magnetoencephalography.

Mathematical and experimental investigation of water migration in plant xylem (2017)
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Hong, J., Liu, S., Glover, P., Wu, S., & Yan, Y. (2017). Mathematical and experimental investigation of water migration in plant xylem. Journal of Bionic Engineering, 14(4), 622-630. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1672-6529%2816%2960428-6

Plant can take water from soil up to several metres high. However, the mechanism of how water rises against gravity is still controversially discussed despite a few mechanisms have been proposed. Also, there still lacks of a critical transportation m... Read More about Mathematical and experimental investigation of water migration in plant xylem.

An intra-neural microstimulation system for ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging and magnetoencephalography (2017)
Journal Article
Glover, P. M., Watkins, R. H., O’Neill, G. C., Ackerley, R. M., Sánchez-Panchuelo, R., McGlone, F., …Francis, S. T. (2017). An intra-neural microstimulation system for ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging and magnetoencephalography. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 290, 69-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2017.07.016

Background Intra-neural microstimulation (INMS) is a technique that allows the precise delivery of low-current electrical pulses into human peripheral nerves. Single unit INMS can be used to stimulate individual afferent nerve fibres during micron... Read More about An intra-neural microstimulation system for ultra-high field magnetic resonance imaging and magnetoencephalography.

Experimental measurement of dynamic concentration of nanofluid in laminar flow (2017)
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Hong, J., Liu, S., Yan, Y., & Glover, P. (in press). Experimental measurement of dynamic concentration of nanofluid in laminar flow. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 88, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2017.06.022

Nanofluid is thought to have a potential enhancement in heat transfer behaviour of fluid. The nanoparticle concentration in nanofluid is one of the most important factors that affect the nanofluid behaviour. The static concentration was applied in th... Read More about Experimental measurement of dynamic concentration of nanofluid in laminar flow.

A new generation of magnetoencephalography: Room temperature measurements using optically-pumped magnetometers (2017)
Journal Article
Boto, E., Meyer, S. S., Shah, V., Alem, O., Knappe, S., Kruger, P., …Brookes, M. J. (2017). A new generation of magnetoencephalography: Room temperature measurements using optically-pumped magnetometers. NeuroImage, 149, 404-414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2017.01.034

© 2017 The Authors Advances in the field of quantum sensing mean that magnetic field sensors, operating at room temperature, are now able to achieve sensitivity similar to that of cryogenically cooled devices (SQUIDs). This means that room temperatur... Read More about A new generation of magnetoencephalography: Room temperature measurements using optically-pumped magnetometers.

Mapping quantal touch using 7 Tesla functional magnetic resonance imaging and single-unit intraneural microstimulation. (2016)
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Sanchez Panchuelo, R., Ackerley, R. M., Glover, P. M., Bowtell, R. W., Wessberg, J., Francis, S. T., & McGlone, F. (in press). Mapping quantal touch using 7 Tesla functional magnetic resonance imaging and single-unit intraneural microstimulation. eLife, 5(e12812), https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.12812

Using ultra-high field 7 Tesla (7T) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we map the cortical and perceptual responses elicited by intraneural microstimulation (INMS) of single mechanoreceptive afferent units in the median nerve, in humans. A... Read More about Mapping quantal touch using 7 Tesla functional magnetic resonance imaging and single-unit intraneural microstimulation..

Effect of head pitch and roll orientations on magnetically induced vertigo (2015)
Journal Article
Mian, O. S., GLOVER, P., Li, Y., Antunes, A., & Day, B. L. (2016). Effect of head pitch and roll orientations on magnetically induced vertigo. Journal of Physiology, 594(4), 1051-1067. https://doi.org/10.1113/JP271513

High strength static magnetic fields are known to induce vertigo, believed to be via stimulation of the vestibular system. The leading hypothesis (Lorentz forces) predicts that the induced vertigo should depend on the orientation of the magnetic fiel... Read More about Effect of head pitch and roll orientations on magnetically induced vertigo.