Effectively, a magnesium diboride (MgB2) superconducting magnet can be able to rapidly generate a magnetic field space as required for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) examinations and MRI of the head region can be started in 10 minutes from a zero-field state, instead of more than 1 or 2 hours with conventional equipment. In addition, a superconducting MgB2 magnet (TC=390K) can be cooled simply by applying power from a refrigerator without using liquid helium, and equipping the MRI with this magnet offers a new method of operation in which a magnetic field is generated only for imaging and deactivated at all other times.

Furthermore, as it can generate the required magnetic field within a few minutes, it can be applied to "intraoperative MRI" in which MRI is performed several times during an operation. In this way, the MgB2 superconducting magnet should help doctors in their diagnostic investigations, contribute to improving medical services for patients, and reducing the cost of MRI.

It should be noted that this approach is in the final stages of exploitation and should soon become a new, more environmentally friendly, and less expensive alternative.

Mohamed El Hafidi

Thank you for your reply.

Could you tell me which Journal is suitable for publication papers in the field of magnets and superconductors of MR scanners?

Regards,

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials,

International Journal of Magnetics and Electromagnetism,

Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism,

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance,

......

I apologize if I did not quote other Journals!

Mohamed-El-Hafidi

Thanks a lot for the reply. This is quite enough for now.

I am looking for a Journal that would be suitable for publishing a review article entitled "About magnets and superconductors of MR scanners"

Which Journal could you recommend me for that?

The best wishes!

Very interesting question, indeed NbTi alloys are used for superconducting scanners design, and MgB2 has entered the MRI business *, Dear Zeljko Vujovic

My point however is that MgB2 is not a high Tc superconductor. MgB2 Tc is equal to 39 K only (not 390 K), far away from the 77 K Tc of High Tc ceramics. Please check the attached plot for the Tc timeline from a Wikipedia commons **.

MgB2 is although a conventional BCS superconductor with two bands, both with gaps (in that sense is non-conventional "2 bands instead of 1"). On the other hand, high Tc ceramics are gapless superconductors.

* has an extensive review on the topic of your thread.

Best Regards,

*

Chapter MRI Magnets based on MgB 2: Basics and Applications

** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-temperature_superconductivity

P-Contreras

Dear P. Contreas,

Thanks a lot for the very professional contribution to the discussion.

I will read chapter 6a, later, very carefully. I read one prediction that both high-temperature superconductors and room temperature superconductors could be used, but also skepticism that this would happen.

Who does this research in an organized way?

The best regards.

You are most welcome, Dear Zeljko Vujovic

I haven't followed MgB2 synthesis these last years, but it was synthesized * like some kind of powder in 2002.

Best Regards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium_diboride