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IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS
卷 13, 期 3, 页码 286-294出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2008.924043
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actuator; brake; damper; electrorheological fluid (ERF); functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); magnetic resonance (MR) compatible robotic/mechatronic systems; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
This paper evaluates the use of electrorheological fluids (ERFs) within a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environment. ERF is a semiactive variable impedance material, which could be used as an alternative type of resistive force/torque-generation or in combination with other actuators as a damper/clutch to modulate the output force/torque of the actuator. In this paper, an ERF damper/brake is introduced and its magnetic resonance (MR) compatibility is examined at a 3-T MR imaging environment by measuring the output performance of the damper and the SNR of the MRI images. The experimental results showed that damper's resistive force generation while positioned within the MRI is almost the same as that in normal operation. The signal-to-noise investigation was performed both with a phantom and human. The results indicated that the ERF damper did not affect the MRI images when it was operated over 30 cm away from the MRI's RF coil. We hope that the synthesis and tables presented in this paper can facilitate the choice of ERF brake actuation principle to various applications in an MR environment.
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