We are working on hardware and simulations to make Magnetic Resonance faster and better.
Radio Frequency (RF) coils are our passion. We put a special focus on design, simulation, and construction of non-standard coils and like it flexible & wearable, multi-nuclear, or multi-modal.
We are running a fully equipped Radio Frequency Lab right next to the 7T (Tesla) MR scanner and across the hall from two 3T scanners.
For 3D electromagnetic simulations we operate dedicated workstations with powerful GPUs to optimize RF coils and evaluate their safety.
Our team is constantly searching for new members. Contact Elmar Laistler if you are interested!
Research Area
Principal Investigator
Elmar Laistler
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Members
Julia Kummer
Vivian Janicaud
Lena Nohava
Michael Raab
Onisim Soanca
- Giacomo Barbone
- Thomas Bogner
- Laurids Brandl
- Veronika Cap
- David Cerveny
- Raphaela Czerny
- Barbara Dymerska
- Thomas Fischer
- Roberta Frass-Kriegl
- Bernhard Gruber
- Ehsan Hosseini
- Sajad Hosseinnezhadian
- André Kühne
- Lucia Navarro de Lara
- Michael Obermann
- Camila Pereira-Sousa
- Michael Pichler
- Bastian Rapp
- Sigrun Roat
- Jürgen Sieg
- Ernesto Gomez Tamm
- Martin Vit
- Zuzanna Wojcik
- CITRUS - Closed-Loop Individualized Image-guided Transcranial Ultrasonic Stimulation (2022 - current),
Horizon Europe - MRITwins – Twinning of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Research Institutes (2022 – current)
Horizon Europe - FlexShim (2019-2022)
OeNB (Oesterreichische Nationalbank), Jubiläumsfonds - BRACOIL - Smart bra-shaped MRI breast coil (2017-2022)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Joint Project with ANR (France) - pULSE - parallel transmit Ultra-fast Local SAR Estimation (2015-2019)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Stand-Alone Projects - FLEXAR7 - Multi-purpose FLEXible coil ARray for high resolution 7T MRI (2013-2018)
FWF (Austrian Science Fund), Joint Project with ANR (France)
Selected peer-reviewed publications
- Obermann M, Nohava L, Frass-Kriegl R, Soanca O, Ginefri J-C, Felblinger J, Clauser P, Baltzer P, Laistler E.Panoramic magnetic resonance imaging of the breast with a wearable coil vest. Invest Radiol 2023; 58(11):799–810.
- Nohava L, Czerny R, Roat S, Obermann M, Kuehne A, Frass-Kriegl R, Felblinger J, Ginefri J-C, Laistler E. Flexible multi-turn multi-gap coaxial RF coils: design concept and implementation for Magnetic Resonance Imaging at 3 and 7 Tesla. IEEE TMI 2021; 40(4):1267-1278.
- Nohava L, Obermann M, Frass-Kriegl R, Soanca O, Laistler E. A modular system of flexible receive-only coil arrays for 3 T Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Z Med Phys 2023;
- Frass-Kriegl R, Navarro de Lara LI, Pichler M, Sieg J, Moser E, Windischberger C, Laistler E, 2018. Flexible 23-channel coil array for high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging at 3 Tesla. PLOS ONE, 13(11), p.e0206963.
- Navarro de Lara LI, Windischberger C, Kuehne A, Woletz M, Sieg J, Bestmann S, Weiskopf N, Strasser B, Moser E, Laistler E, 2014. A novel coil array for combined TMS/fMRI experiments at 3 T. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 74(5), pp.1492-1501.
- Gruber, Bernhard, Pushing the Limits of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Instrumentation, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2023.
- Rapp, Bastian, Motion Detection in MRI Using Wireless Accelerometers and Beat Pilot Tone, Master thesis, TU Wien and and Medical University of Vienna, 2023.
- Gomez Tamm, Ernesto, Development of a magnetic-resonance-compatible torso motion phantom, Master thesis, TU Wien and and Medical University of Vienna, 2023.
- Czerny, Raphaela, Flexible coil arrays for magnetic resonance imaging – performance comparison of coaxial transmission line resonators and stranded wire elements, Master thesis, TU Wien and Medical University of Vienna, 2022.
- Nohava, Lena, Concepts for Wearable Technology in MR: Lightweight Flexible Radio Frequency Coils and Optical Wireless Communication, PhD thesis, Université Paris-Saclay, 2020.
- Czerny, Raphaela, Flexible radio frequency coils for Magnetic Resonance Imaging: loss comparison between multi-turn multi-gap coils and standard loop coils, Bachelor thesis, Vienna University of Technology, 2019.
- Obermann, Michael, An ultra-flexible 3-channel receive-only coil array for 3T Magnetic Resonance Imaging made of coaxial transmission line resonators, Master thesis, Vienna University of Technology, 2018.
- Hossein Nezhadian, Sajad, Réseau flexible de résonateurs à ligne de transmissions pour l'émission et la réception en IRM cardiaque à 7T, PhD thesis, Université Paris-Saclay/Paris-Sud, 2017.
- Hosseini, Seyed Ehsan, An 8-channel receive-only radio frequency coil array for magnetic resonance microscopy at 7 Tesla, Master thesis, Vienna University of Technology, 2017.
- Nohava, Lena, A parallel transmission pulse design framework for 7 T MRI with physical constraints and SAR minimization, Master thesis, University of Vienna, 2017.
- Kühne, André, Parallel transmission in MRI - electromagnetic considerations and advances in signal chain hardware, PhD thesis, Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, 2016.
- Navarro de Lara, Lucia Isabel, A receive-only phased array head coil for combined transcranial magnetic stimulation-functional magnetic resonance imaging experiments, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2016.
- Roat (Goluch), Sigrun, A design and development procedure for transceive radio frequency coils in ultra-high field magnetic resonance, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2015.
- Frass-Kriegl, Roberta, A flexible coil array for high resolution magnetic resonance imaging at 7 Tesla, PhD thesis, Medical University of Vienna, 2015.
- Laistler, Elmar, Magnetic resonance micro-imaging of the human skin in vivo using miniature radio frequency coils, PhD thesis, Vienna University of Technology, 2010.
- Laistler, Elmar, Correction of geometric distortions in EPI, Master thesis, Vienna University of Technology, 2005.
Elmar Laistler
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is Associate Editor, Frontiers in Physics, Section Medical Physics and Imaging