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Offset-tuned Bilateral-side Inductively Coupled RF Coils for Preclinical MRI at 15.2 T
Journal of Magnetics, Volume 25, Number 2, 30 Jun 2020, Pages 277-284
Abstract
A small coverage of magnetic flux density (B1) and its inhomogeneity are intrinsic problems of conventional
surface coils. Therefore, offset-tuned bilateral-side inductively coupled radiofrequency (RF) coils have been specifically
designed to overcome these problems. Herein, we proposed bilateral-sided wireless coils for improving
the B1-field uniformity by simultaneously adding a supplemental secondary coil (s-coil) to the primary coil (pcoil)
in the orthogonal direction. The offset-tuned frequency of the s-coil was evaluated and compared from 0 to
+60 MHz with a +10 MHz interval at the Larmor frequency of the p-coil. Using mathematical EM modeling,
we optimized the +60-MHz offset-tuned s-coil at 15.2 T. Thus, a combined coil configuration with p-coil of 655
MHz and two s-coils of 710 MHz was obtained. This combined coil configuration can overcome the B1-field
inhomogeneity of p-coils in 15.2 T small animal magnetic resonance scanner and can be extended to overcome
the volume coil array inhomogeneity.
surface coils. Therefore, offset-tuned bilateral-side inductively coupled radiofrequency (RF) coils have been specifically
designed to overcome these problems. Herein, we proposed bilateral-sided wireless coils for improving
the B1-field uniformity by simultaneously adding a supplemental secondary coil (s-coil) to the primary coil (pcoil)
in the orthogonal direction. The offset-tuned frequency of the s-coil was evaluated and compared from 0 to
+60 MHz with a +10 MHz interval at the Larmor frequency of the p-coil. Using mathematical EM modeling,
we optimized the +60-MHz offset-tuned s-coil at 15.2 T. Thus, a combined coil configuration with p-coil of 655
MHz and two s-coils of 710 MHz was obtained. This combined coil configuration can overcome the B1-field
inhomogeneity of p-coils in 15.2 T small animal magnetic resonance scanner and can be extended to overcome
the volume coil array inhomogeneity.
Keywords: MRI; RF coil; Inductively coupled coil; Electromagnetic flux
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4283/JMAG.2020.25.2.277
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