Investigation of the B1 Field Distribution and RF Power Deposition in a Birdcage Coil as Functions of the Number of Coil Legs at 4.7 T, 7.0 T, and 11.7 T
- Authors
- 서증훈; 한상덕; 김경남
- Issue Date
- Jun-2015
- Publisher
- 한국물리학회
- Keywords
- Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI); Radiofrequency (RF) coil; Birdcage coil; RF deposition rate; 7 Tesla
- Citation
- Journal of the Korean Physical Society, v.66, no.12, pp.1822 - 1826
- Journal Title
- Journal of the Korean Physical Society
- Volume
- 66
- Number
- 12
- Start Page
- 1822
- End Page
- 1826
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/11550
- DOI
- 10.3938/jkps.66.1822
- ISSN
- 0374-4884
- Abstract
- The proper design of birdcage (BC) coils plays a very important role in the acquisition of highresolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of small animals such as rodents. In this context, we investigate multiple-leg (8-, 16-, 32-, 64-, and 128-leg) BC coils operating at ultra-high fields (UHF) of 7.0 T and 11.7 T and a high-field (HF) of 4.7 T for rodent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Primarily, Our study comparatively examines the parameters of the radiofrequency (RF) transmission (|B+ 1 |)-field, the magnetic flux (|B1|)-field, and RF power deposition (RF-PD) as functions of the number of BC-coil legs via finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) calculations under realistic loading conditions with a biological phantom. In particular, the specific ratio |E/B+ 1 | is defined for predicting RF-PD values in different coil structures. Our results indicate that the optimal number of legs of the BC coil can be chosen for different resonance frequencies of 200 MHz, 300 MHz, and 500 MHz and that this choice can be lead to superior |B+ 1 |-field intensity and |B1|-field homogeneity and decreased RF-PD. We believe that our approach to determining the optimal number of legs for a BC coil can contribute to rodent MR imaging.
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