Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is a novel imaging modality which uses various static and oscillating magnetic fields, as well as tracer materials made from iron oxide nanoparticles to perform background-free measurements of the particles’ local concentration. The method exploits the nonlinear remagnetization behavior of the particles and has the potential to surpass current methods for the detection of iron oxide in sensitivity and spatio-temporal resolution.
The workshop aims at covering the status and recent developments of both, the instrumentation and the tracer material, as each of them is equally important in designing a well performing MPI. Furthermore, the workshop focuses at presenting first results from phantom and pre-clinical studies. For the first time, the workshop will provide the opportunity to present your research and your results to a highly interested audience of scientific, medical and application experts from university, clinical and commercial sites active in the field of MPI.
Keynote Lectures:
The Next Generation of MPI
B. Gleich, Philips Research Hamburg
X-Space MPI: Theory, Hardware, Reconstruction Algorithms and Resolution Limits
S. Conolly, UC Berkeley
Optimizing Tracers for Magnetic Particle Imaging
K. Krishnan, University of Washington