Meta-optics inspired configurations for magnetic resonance imaging applications

We deal with the topics of the metamaterial-based systems in the field of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These systems offer a suitable control of the radio-frequency (RF) electric and magnetic fields in order to enhance the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) efficiency. Here, we briefly discuss both past and recent achievements. In particularly, we show our recent results where we consider a novel and alternative use of a magnetic metamaterial to increase the performances of an RF surface coil in an MRI experiment. We show that our proposed configuration holds great potential to enhance the MRI signal to noise ratio with respect to the standard setup.