Periodic Reporting for period 2 - M-CUBE (MetaMaterials antenna for ultra-high field MRI)
Okres sprawozdawczy: 2019-01-01 do 2021-03-31
To achieve these expectations, M-Cube consortium is developing a disruptive metamaterial antenna technology. This 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 are working closely all along the implementation of the project to guarantee the success this novel approach, a “patient-centered” solution that 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.
The 'ethics requirements' set out in this work package have been ensured, in line with national laws and the European commission requirements.
These authorisations enable the M-CUBE consotium to start in vivo imaging on different part of the bodies.
Main results, 5 prototypes of antennae have been designed and produced for :
- Head Imaging (1 prototype)
- Neck, Spinal cord and Heart imaging (1 prototype)
- Prostate imaging (1 prototype)
- Extremities imaging (2 prototypes)
6 patents have been accepted.
51 scientific publications have been published in top level journals from the different fields covered by the project.
A total of 88 conference presentations were given during the project’s lifetime. Out of these 88 presentations, 33 were as invited speakers, 35 were oral presentations and the remainder were posters.
In addition to these conference presentations, the results of the projects were disseminated in 43 different peer-reviewed proceedings.