Descrizione del progetto
Una tecnologia di RMI personalizzabile
La risonanza magnetica per immagini (RMI) ad alto campo supporta intensità di campo magnetico elevate, offrendo una migliore risoluzione delle immagini, un’acquisizione più rapida delle stesse e un rapporto segnale/rumore potenziato. Tuttavia, le sfide tecniche associate ne limitano un uso diffuso. Il progetto M-CUBE, finanziato dall’UE, mira a superare le limitazioni che ostacolano la risoluzione spaziale e temporale. I ricercatori svilupperanno metamateriali innovativi non disponibili in natura per migliorare la tecnologia della RMI ad alto campo basata su antenne, offrendo ai medici una soluzione semplice ed economica per adattare le onde elettromagnetiche secondo le esigenze dei pazienti. Si prevede che M-CUBE risulterà in un approccio incentrato sul paziente in grado di consentire un’individuazione più precoce delle malattie, nonché una medicina personalizzata più accurata.
Obiettivo
M-Cube aims at changing the paradigm of High-Field MRI and Ultra High-Field antennas to offer a much better insight on the human body and enable earlier detection of diseases. Our main objective is to go beyond the limits of MRI clinical imaging and radically improve spatial and temporal resolutions. The clinical use of High-field MRI scanners is drastically limited due to the lack of homogeneity and to the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of the Radio Frequency (RF) fields associated with the magnetic resonance.
The major way to tackle and solve these problems consists in increasing the number of active RF antennas, leading to complex and expensive solutions. M-Cube solution relies on innovative systems based upon passive metamaterial structures to avoid multiple active elements. These systems are expected to make High-Field MRI fully diagnostically relevant for physicians.
To achieve these expectations, M-Cube consortium will develop a disruptive metamaterial antenna technology. This we will able us to tackle both the lack of homogeneity and SAR barriers. Metamaterials are composite structured manmade materials designed to produce effective properties unavailable in nature (e.g. negative optical index). They allow us to tailor electromagnetic waves at will. Thus, the scientifically ambitious idea is to develop antennas based on this unique ability for whole body coil. This technological breakthrough will be validated by preclinical and clinical tests with healthy volunteers. M-Cube gathers an interdisciplinary consortium composed of academic leaders in the field, eight universities, and two promising SMEs. Physicists, medical doctors and industrial actors will work closely all along the implementation of the project to guarantee the success this novel approach, a “patient-centered” solution which will pave the way for a more accurate diagnosis in the context of personalized medicine and will enable to detect a disease much earlier that is currently possible.
Campo scientifico
- medical and health sciencesclinical medicineoncologyprostate cancer
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradio frequency
- natural sciencesphysical sciencestheoretical physicsparticle physics
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencespersonalized medicine
- natural sciencesmathematics
Programma(i)
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H2020-FETOPEN-1-2016-2017
Meccanismo di finanziamento
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinatore
13284 Marseille
Francia