Purpose The purpose of this study is to create an EM simulation model for the NOVA 8Tx/32Rx RF head coil to further develop its applications in research and clinical use. The developed EM model has been made publicly available. Methods The coil was modeled as a combination of microstrips in Ansys HFSS. The currents on…
Ergin Atalar will be at NHLBI (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute), NIH from September 2024 to September 2025. During his stay at NHLBI, Dr. Atalar will collaborate with his colleagues Drs. Robert Lederman and Adrienne Campbell-Washburn and their teams. The NHBLI teams have significant contributions to the MRI-guided cardiovascular interventions field. Most recently, they…
Prof. Ergin Atalar received the Elginkan Foundation Technology Award. The recipients of the “Elginkan Foundation Turkish Culture Research and Technology Awards,” launched by the Elginkan Foundation in 2006, their 18th year, have been announced. The recipients of the awards, which will be given to contribute to studies, research, and services in the fields of science,…
The 34th Graduate Research Conference, organized by the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EE) and the IEEE Student Branch, took place on Thursday, January 25 in the lecture halls on the ground floor of the EE building. Bilkent EE graduate students described their state-of-the-art research projects in oral and poster presentations during this day-long…
Manoucher Takrimi authored an article on the eddy current losses in Magnetic Resonance in Medince. The article is visible in the offical web page. In this research, a novel method is introduced to enhance the performance of gradient array coils used in medical imaging. The approach relies on a computational electromagnetic strategy to estimate and…