Teaching contributions in modules Ionising Radiations and Non-Invasive Imaging (PHYS22211), Frontiers of Physics (PHYS1056), Biomechanics for Sport and Exercise (SPOR21011), Project (PHYS30011), Advanced Topics in Physics (PHYS30581), Forensic Audio (PHYS22711), Independent Study (PHYS30561), Experimental Techniques (PHYS30541), Advanced Techniques (CHEM30231) and Scientific Image Processing (PHYS21531).
Dr Bencsik is a member of the Medical and Materials Imaging research group.
Areas of research interest include:
- Porous media MRI of fluid flow:
Features of the correlation between the spatial distribution of fluid velocity and fluid density, as measured with ultra-fast MRI, have been established in a spatially heterogeneous porous medium. - Porous media MRI of medium permeability:
A novel type of MRI experiment was designed allowing the non-invasive imaging of the porous medium permeability, using a direct measurement of the spatial distribution of fluid pressure. - Peripheral Nerve Stimulation in MRI:
Features of Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) due to field gradient switched in MRI have been explored using analytical and numerical calculations, and experimental work on volunteers, testing a novel type of MRI gradient coil invented by Professor Richard Bowtell, allowing minimised PNS for identical imaging properties. - Acoustic noise reduction in MRI:
A novel type of gradient coil wire support, allowing pronounced attenuation of the radiated acoustic noise was invented. - Unilateral NMR / MRI:
In Physics the unilateral NMR / MRI instrument, the MR MOUSE® is available, and various research projects are presently running on it.
Opportunities to carry out postgraduate research towards an MPhil / PhD exist in all the areas identified above. Further information be obtained from the NTU Graduate School.
Selected publications
- Reducing peripheral nerve stimulation due to gradient switching using an additional uniform field coil. Bencsik M, Bowtell R et al, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 2011, 66 (5), 1498-1509
- Identification of the honey bee swarming process by analysing the time course of hive vibrations. Bencsik M, et al, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2011, 76 (1), 44-50
- Towards MRI microarrays. Hall A, Mundell VJ, Blanco-Andujar C, Bencsik M, McHale G, Newton, MI, Cave GWJ, Chemical Communications, 2010, 46 (14), 2420-2422
- Quantitative NMR monitoring of liquid ingress into repellent heterogeneous layered fabrics. Bencsik M et al, Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2008, 193 (1), 32-36
- Robust spatially resolved pressure measurements using Mri with novel buyoant advection-free preparations of stable microbubbles in polysaccharide gels. Bencsik M, Morris M et al, Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2008, 193 (2), 159-167
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