{"id":3303,"date":"2025-12-22T22:41:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T03:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/xinzhang-lab\/?page_id=3303"},"modified":"2026-02-18T11:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T16:51:08","slug":"3303-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/xinzhang-lab\/news\/media-highlights\/3303-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n\/* remove bottom margin from the last element inside the content container *\/\ndetails > div:last-of-type > :last-child{\n  margin-bottom: 0 !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div style=\"line-height:0; margin:-12px 0 0 0; padding:0;\">\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0 4px 0; font-style:italic; line-height:1.4;\">\n  Our research has been featured by hundreds of international media and news outlets, as well as professional societies and industry communication platforms.\n  <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<details open style=\"margin:6pt; border:1px solid #e2e2e2; border-radius:10px; background:#fafafa; overflow:hidden; display:block;\">\n<div style=\"height:4px; background:linear-gradient(90deg,#f58529,#dd2a7b,#8134af,#515bd4);\"><\/div>\n<summary style=\"margin:0; cursor:pointer; font-weight:bold; font-size:18px; padding:8px 12px; background:#f0f2f5; border-bottom:1px solid #eaeaea; line-height:1.7;\">\n      Metamaterial helmet that improves MRIs and can create better brain scans<br \/>\n    <\/summary>\n<div style=\"padding:8px 12px 10px; background:#ffffff; font-size:17px; line-height:1.7;\">\n<div style=\"padding:10px; margin:8px 0; background:#F0F8FF; border-left:5px solid #6ea8fe; border-radius:10px; box-shadow: 0 16px 36px rgba(0,0,0,0.14), 0 6px 14px rgba(0,0,0,0.08), 0 10px 26px rgba(110,168,254,0.18);\">\n        &ldquo;You can keep your hat on (in the MRI). If I told you an MRI revolution was coming, you probably wouldn&rsquo;t expect it to come dressed like this,&rdquo; [Medical Republic]. &ldquo;It may look like a bizarre bike helmet, or a piece of equipment found in Doc Brown&rsquo;s lab in Back to the Future, yet this gadget made of plastic and copper wire is a technological breakthrough with the potential to revolutionize medical imaging,&rdquo; [Imaging Technology News].\n      <\/div>\n<div style=\"padding:10px; margin:8px 0; background:#F5FFFA; border-left:5px solid #34c38f; border-radius:10px; box-shadow: 0 16px 36px rgba(0,0,0,0.14), 0 6px 14px rgba(0,0,0,0.08), 0 10px 26px rgba(52,195,143,0.16);\">\n        &ldquo;Despite its playful look, the device is actually a metamaterial, packing in a ton of physics, engineering and mathematical know-how,&rdquo; [Science Daily]. Medgadget praised the device as a &ldquo;funky helmet enhances MRI brain scans,&rdquo; noting: &ldquo;What if a simple device, made from plastic and copper wire, could help with all of these issues, and look like a goofy toy for kids in the process? Look no further,&rdquo; [Medgadget].\n      <\/div>\n<div style=\"padding:10px; margin:8px 0; background:#FFFAF0; border-left:5px solid #f7b84b; border-radius:10px; box-shadow: 0 16px 36px rgba(0,0,0,0.14), 0 6px 14px rgba(0,0,0,0.08), 0 10px 26px rgba(247,184,75,0.16);\">\n        As The Optimist Daily highlights, &ldquo;thanks to the playful design, the piece of headwear looks like it&rsquo;s straight from a mad scientist&rsquo;s laboratory, but there is a method to the madness. The uses of these magnificent metamaterials spread far and wide,&rdquo; [The Optimist Daily]. What&rsquo;s more, the technology is &ldquo;raising the floor beyond all expectations,&rdquo; [Medhealth Outlook]. &ldquo;There is hope among the researchers that the technology will eventually have enough in the tank to work with low-field MRI scanners. Assuming the said goal is realized, people living in underdeveloped areas will also end up getting a fair shot at reaping its benefits,&rdquo; [Medhealth Outlook].\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our research has been featured by hundreds of international media and news outlets, as well as professional societies and industry communication platforms. Metamaterial helmet that improves MRIs and can create better brain scans &ldquo;You can keep your hat on (in the MRI). 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