Publication detail

Comparing Saddle, Slotted-tube and Parallel-plate Coils for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

NEŠPOR, D. BARTUŠEK, K. DOKOUPIL, Z.

Original Title

Comparing Saddle, Slotted-tube and Parallel-plate Coils for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

The paper is concerned with a comparison of the properties of RF coils of three configurations for MRI measurements on small animals. In comparison with the classical saddle coil the proposed modification of slotted-tube coil exhibits identical homogeneity of B1 field in a larger space. The parallel-plate coil has a satisfactory homogeneity of B1 field over the whole internal space. The signal-to-noise ratio measured for all three coils is roughly the same and is given by the magnitude of RF pre-amplifier noise. As the slotted-tube and parallel-plate coils have a lower inductance compared with the saddle coil, they can be tuned to resonance on the 200 MHz frequency even at larger dimensions. The results show that the parallel-plate coil has very good properties for the measurement of small animals.

Keywords

MRI measurements, RF coils, homogeneity of B1, numerical analysis

Authors

NEŠPOR, D.; BARTUŠEK, K.; DOKOUPIL, Z.

RIV year

2014

Released

1. 12. 2014

Publisher

De Gruyter Open

Location

Slovenská Republika

ISBN

1335-8871

Periodical

Measurement Science Review

Year of study

14

Number

3

State

Slovak Republic

Pages from

171

Pages to

176

Pages count

6

URL

Full text in the Digital Library

BibTex

@article{BUT111197,
  author="Dušan {Nešpor} and Karel {Bartušek} and Zdeněk {Dokoupil}",
  title="Comparing Saddle, Slotted-tube and Parallel-plate Coils for Magnetic Resonance Imaging",
  journal="Measurement Science Review",
  year="2014",
  volume="14",
  number="3",
  pages="171--176",
  doi="10.2478/msr-2014-0023",
  issn="1335-8871",
  url="https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/msr-2014-0023"
}