Title | ||
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Evaluation of common RF coil setups for MR imaging at ultrahigh magnetic field: a numerical study |
Abstract | ||
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This study is an evaluation of the ratio of electric field to magnetic field (E/B1), specific absorption rate (SAR) and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) generated by three different RF transceiver coil setups: surface coil, surface coil with shielding, and microstrip using a finite discrete time domain (FDTD) simulation in the presence of a head phantom. One of our main focuses in this study is to better understand coil designs that would improve patient safety at high fields by studying a coil type that may potentially minimize SAR while examining potential changes in SNR. In the presence of a human head load, the microstrip's E/B1 ratio was on average smallest while its SAR was also on average smallest of the three setups, suggesting the microstrip may be a better RF coil choice for MRI concerning patient safety and parallel excitation applications than the other two coils. In addition, the study suggests that the microstrip also has a higher SNR compared with the other two coils demonstrating the possibility that the microstrip could lead to higher quality MRI images. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2011 | 10.1145/2093698.2093768 | ISABEL |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
High field,RF coil,electromagnetic calculation,microstrip,numerical modeling,signal-to-noise ratio (SNR),specific absorption rate (SAR) | Computer science,Imaging phantom,Excitation,Artificial intelligence,Human head,Computer vision,Specific absorption rate,Electromagnetic shielding,Electromagnetic coil,Radiofrequency coil,Acoustics,Electrical engineering,Microstrip | Conference |
Volume | Citations | PageRank |
2011 | 1 | 0.42 |
References | Authors | |
1 | 6 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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Jonathan Lu | 1 | 1 | 0.76 |
Yong Pang | 2 | 7 | 2.41 |
Chunsheng Wang | 3 | 8 | 3.23 |
Bing Wu | 4 | 6 | 1.91 |
Daniel B Vigneron | 5 | 41 | 8.17 |
Xiaoliang Zhang | 6 | 15 | 7.89 |