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A Preliminary Study for Reference RF Coil at 11.7 T MRI: Based on Electromagnetic Field Simulation of Hybrid-BC RF Coil According to Diameter and Length at 3.0, 7.0 and 11.7 T

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems must undergo quantitative evaluation through daily and periodic performance assessments. In general, the reference or standard radiofrequency (RF) coils for these performance assessments of 1.5 to 7.0 T MRI systems have been low-pass-type birdcage (LP-BC) RF...

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Autores principales: Seo, Jeung-Hoon, Chung, Jun-Young
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8875900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35214409
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22041512
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description Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems must undergo quantitative evaluation through daily and periodic performance assessments. In general, the reference or standard radiofrequency (RF) coils for these performance assessments of 1.5 to 7.0 T MRI systems have been low-pass-type birdcage (LP-BC) RF coils. However, LP-BC RF coils are inappropriate for use as reference RF coils because of their relatively lower magnetic field (B(1)-field) sensitivity than other types of BC RF coils, especially in ultrahigh-field (UHF) MRI systems above 3.0 T. Herein, we propose a hybrid-type BC (Hybrid-BC) RF coil as a reference RF coil with improved B(1)-field sensitivity in UHF MRI system and applied it to an 11.7 T MRI system. An electromagnetic field (EM-field) analysis on the Hybrid-BC RF coil was performed to provide the proper dimensions for its use as a reference RF coil. Commercial finite difference time-domain program was used in EM-field simulation, and home-made analysis programs were used in analysis. The optimal specifications of the proposed Hybrid-BC RF coils for them to qualify as reference RF coils are proposed based on their B(1)(+)-field sensitivity under unnormalized conditions, as well as by considering their B(1)(+)-field uniformity and RF safety under normalized conditions.
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spelling pubmed-88759002022-02-26 A Preliminary Study for Reference RF Coil at 11.7 T MRI: Based on Electromagnetic Field Simulation of Hybrid-BC RF Coil According to Diameter and Length at 3.0, 7.0 and 11.7 T Seo, Jeung-Hoon Chung, Jun-Young Sensors (Basel) Article Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) systems must undergo quantitative evaluation through daily and periodic performance assessments. In general, the reference or standard radiofrequency (RF) coils for these performance assessments of 1.5 to 7.0 T MRI systems have been low-pass-type birdcage (LP-BC) RF coils. However, LP-BC RF coils are inappropriate for use as reference RF coils because of their relatively lower magnetic field (B(1)-field) sensitivity than other types of BC RF coils, especially in ultrahigh-field (UHF) MRI systems above 3.0 T. Herein, we propose a hybrid-type BC (Hybrid-BC) RF coil as a reference RF coil with improved B(1)-field sensitivity in UHF MRI system and applied it to an 11.7 T MRI system. An electromagnetic field (EM-field) analysis on the Hybrid-BC RF coil was performed to provide the proper dimensions for its use as a reference RF coil. Commercial finite difference time-domain program was used in EM-field simulation, and home-made analysis programs were used in analysis. The optimal specifications of the proposed Hybrid-BC RF coils for them to qualify as reference RF coils are proposed based on their B(1)(+)-field sensitivity under unnormalized conditions, as well as by considering their B(1)(+)-field uniformity and RF safety under normalized conditions. MDPI 2022-02-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8875900/ /pubmed/35214409 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22041512 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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A Preliminary Study for Reference RF Coil at 11.7 T MRI: Based on Electromagnetic Field Simulation of Hybrid-BC RF Coil According to Diameter and Length at 3.0, 7.0 and 11.7 T
title A Preliminary Study for Reference RF Coil at 11.7 T MRI: Based on Electromagnetic Field Simulation of Hybrid-BC RF Coil According to Diameter and Length at 3.0, 7.0 and 11.7 T
title_full A Preliminary Study for Reference RF Coil at 11.7 T MRI: Based on Electromagnetic Field Simulation of Hybrid-BC RF Coil According to Diameter and Length at 3.0, 7.0 and 11.7 T
title_fullStr A Preliminary Study for Reference RF Coil at 11.7 T MRI: Based on Electromagnetic Field Simulation of Hybrid-BC RF Coil According to Diameter and Length at 3.0, 7.0 and 11.7 T
title_full_unstemmed A Preliminary Study for Reference RF Coil at 11.7 T MRI: Based on Electromagnetic Field Simulation of Hybrid-BC RF Coil According to Diameter and Length at 3.0, 7.0 and 11.7 T
title_short A Preliminary Study for Reference RF Coil at 11.7 T MRI: Based on Electromagnetic Field Simulation of Hybrid-BC RF Coil According to Diameter and Length at 3.0, 7.0 and 11.7 T
title_sort preliminary study for reference rf coil at 11.7 t mri: based on electromagnetic field simulation of hybrid-bc rf coil according to diameter and length at 3.0, 7.0 and 11.7 t
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8875900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35214409
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s22041512
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