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S Balac

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Integral method for numerical simulation of MRI artifacts induced by metallic implants.

Numerical simulation is a valuable tool for the study of magnetic susceptibility artifacts from metallic implants. A major difficulty in the simulation lies in the computation of the magnetic field induced by the metallic implant. A new method has been designed and implemented to compute the magnetic field induced by metallic objects of arbitrary shape. The magnetic field is expressed pointwise in terms of a surface integral. Efficient quadrature schemes are proposed to evaluate this integral. Finally, the method is linked to an artifact reconstruction model to simulate the images. Magn Reson Med 45:724-727, 2001.

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Cancellation of metal-induced MRI artifacts with dual-component paramagnetic and diamagnetic material: mathematical modelization and experimental verification.

A mathematical model of dual-component paramagnetic and diamagnetic material to cancel metal-induced MRI artifacts was developed and verified experimentally. The magnetization produced by metallic material and then the gradient linearity distortion can be cancelled by using such materials with opposing paramagnetic and diamagnetic properties. This concept of dual-component materials provides a novel solution to the problem of MRI artifacts.

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