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Improved Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Using Low Rank with Joint Sparsity (2022)
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Zhang, J., Najeeb, F., Wang, X., Xu, P., Omer, H., Zheng, J., Zhang, J., Francis, S., Glover, P., Bowtell, R., & 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., Pink, S., Patel, P., Wood, J., Murby, N., Woolger, D., Dawson, E., Mariani, C., Tierney, T. M., Mellor, S., O’Neill, G. C., Boto, E., Hill, R. M., Shah, V., Osborne, J., …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.

A global survey of healthcare professionals undertaking MRI of patients with cochlear implants: a heterogeneity of practice and opinions (2022)
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Dewey, R. S., Bowtell, R., & Kitterick, P. (2022). A global survey of healthcare professionals undertaking MRI of patients with cochlear implants: a heterogeneity of practice and opinions. British Journal of Radiology, 95(1137), Article 20220213. https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr.20220213

Objective: To capture practice and opinions around the current clinical use of MRI in patients with cochlear implants (CIs), and to characterise patient progression from referral to image reporting. Methods: An online survey recruited 237 healthcare... Read More about A global survey of healthcare professionals undertaking MRI of patients with cochlear implants: a heterogeneity of practice and opinions.

Phenotypic and genetic associations of quantitative magnetic susceptibility in UK Biobank brain imaging (2022)
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Wang, C., Martins-Bach, A. B., Alfaro-Almagro, F., Douaud, G., Klein, J. C., Llera, A., Fiscone, C., Bowtell, R., Elliott, L. T., Smith, S. M., Tendler, B. C., & Miller, K. L. (2022). Phenotypic and genetic associations of quantitative magnetic susceptibility in UK Biobank brain imaging. Nature Neuroscience, 25(6), 818-831. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-022-01074-w

A key aim in epidemiological neuroscience is identification of markers to assess brain health and monitor therapeutic interventions. Quantitative susceptibility mapping (QSM) is an emerging magnetic resonance imaging technique that measures tissue ma... Read More about Phenotypic and genetic associations of quantitative magnetic susceptibility in UK Biobank brain imaging.

Using OPM-MEG in contrasting magnetic environments (2022)
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Hill, R. M., Devasagayam, J., Holmes, N., Boto, E., Shah, V., Osborne, J., Safar, K., Worcester, F., Mariani, C., Dawson, E., Woolger, D., Bowtell, R., Taylor, M. J., & Brookes, M. J. (2022). Using OPM-MEG in contrasting magnetic environments. NeuroImage, 253, Article 119084. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119084

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) has been revolutionised by optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs). “OPM-MEG” offers higher sensitivity, better spatial resolution, and lower cost than conventional instrumentation based on superconducting quantum interfere... Read More about Using OPM-MEG in contrasting magnetic environments.

Magnetic field design in a cylindrical high-permeability shield: The combination of simple building blocks and a genetic algorithm (2022)
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Packer, M., Hobson, P. J., Davis, A., Holmes, N., Leggett, J., Glover, P., Hardwicke, N. L., Brookes, M. J., Bowtell, R., & 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.

Triaxial detection of the neuromagnetic field using optically-pumped magnetometry: feasibility and application in children (2022)
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Boto, E., Shah, V., Hill, R. M., Rhodes, N., Osborne, J., Doyle, C., Holmes, N., Rea, M., Leggett, J., Bowtell, R., & Brookes, M. J. (2022). Triaxial detection of the neuromagnetic field using optically-pumped magnetometry: feasibility and application in children. NeuroImage, 252, Article 119027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119027

Optically-pumped magnetometers (OPMs) are an established alternative to superconducting sensors for magnetoencephalography (MEG), offering significant advantages including flexibility to accommodate any head size, uniform coverage, free movement duri... Read More about Triaxial detection of the neuromagnetic field using optically-pumped magnetometry: feasibility and application in children.

Practical real-time MEG-based neural interfacing with optically pumped magnetometers (2021)
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Wittevrongel, B., Holmes, N., Boto, E., Hill, R., Rea, M., Libert, A., Khachatryan, E., Van Hulle, M. M., Bowtell, R., & Brookes, M. J. (2021). Practical real-time MEG-based neural interfacing with optically pumped magnetometers. BMC Biology, 19(1), Article 158. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01073-6

Background: Brain-computer interfaces decode intentions directly from the human brain with the aim to restore lost functionality, control external devices or augment daily experiences. To combine optimal performance with wide applicability, high-qual... Read More about Practical real-time MEG-based neural interfacing with optically pumped magnetometers.

Magnetic Field Mapping and Correction for Moving OP-MEG (2021)
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Mellor, S., Tierney, T. M., O'Neill, G. C., Alexander, N., Seymour, R. A., Holmes, N., Lopez, J. D., Hill, R. M., Boto, E., Rea, M., Roberts, G., Leggett, J., Bowtell, R., Brookes, M. J., Maguire, E. A., Walker, M. C., & Barnes, G. R. (2022). Magnetic Field Mapping and Correction for Moving OP-MEG. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 69(2), 528-536. https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2021.3100770

Background: Optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) have made moving, wearable magnetoencephalography (MEG) possible. The OPMs typically used for MEG require a low background magnetic field to operate, which is achieved using both passive and active ma... Read More about Magnetic Field Mapping and Correction for Moving OP-MEG.

Precision magnetic field modelling and control for wearable magnetoencephalography (2021)
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Rea, M., Holmes, N., Hill, R. M., Boto, E., Leggett, J., Edwards, L. J., David 4 Woolger, Dawson, E., Shah, V., Osborne, J., Bowtell, R., & Brookes, M. J. (2021). Precision magnetic field modelling and control for wearable magnetoencephalography. NeuroImage, 241, Article 118401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118401

Optically-pumped magnetometers (OPMs) are highly sensitive, compact magnetic field sensors, which offer a viable alternative to cryogenic sensors (superconducting quantum interference devices – SQUIDs) for magnetoencephalography (MEG). With the promi... Read More about Precision magnetic field modelling and control for wearable magnetoencephalography.