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In magnetic resonance imaging MRI environment, adding more receiving channels requires a a significant increase in the number of connectors and cables, causing discomfort to the patient. Introductipn coils or sensor devices inside the MRI scanner could minimize this problem.

The challenge here is the ability to recover energy from a 4. While increasing the receiver channels and the number of sensors inside the MRI scanner, the number of cables and connectors required is also increased.

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The need of wireless powering methods and autonomous devices is a real challenge. Energy harvesting in MRI scanners presents a very promising solution for cable-free and devices energy self-sufficient. In this paper, with a high efficiency diode rectifier and a harvesting loop, we are able to harvest energy inside a 4. The proposed harvester is shown in Figure 1.

The rectifier performs RF-DC conversion and uses Schottky diodes for low voltage drop and fast switching. The rectifier is needed to convert the RF input power into DC power. For maximum power transfer between the antenna and the rectifier, a matching network is designed, simulated, manufactured and measured. The integration of the EHS with a 4. Otherwise, in order to implement the energy harvester in the MRI scanner, it is important to minimize noise and harmonic interference that can be added to the MR images.

The most convenient solution is the separation distance of 7cm between Introductioon coils the MRI coils and the harvesting loop. It is the most effective way until now to maintain the image quality obtained without the harvesting system. We present here our first prototype tests demonstrating that the EHS can coexist in a 4. In MR system, different pulse sequences of B1 field provide different amounts of power. A high-impedance oscilloscope measured the DC power obtained from the rectifier. Figure 2 shows results of Flash sequences with a long TR of ms, 10ms TE, increasing flip angle and number of slices. Figure 3 presents the energy harvesting results for a Flash sequence, with 10ms TR.]