Magnetic field sensitivity at 7-T using dual-helmholtz transmit-only coil and 12-channel receive-only bended coil
- Authors
- Kim, Kyoung-Nam; Ryu, Yeunchul; Seo, Jeung-Hoon; Kim, Young-Bo
- Issue Date
- Dec-2016
- Publisher
- WILEY-BLACKWELL
- Keywords
- MRI; dual-Helmholtz coil; birdcage coil; phased array coil; bended; magnetic flux
- Citation
- SCANNING, v.38, no.6, pp.515 - 524
- Journal Title
- SCANNING
- Volume
- 38
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 515
- End Page
- 524
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/7633
- DOI
- 10.1002/sca.21290
- ISSN
- 0161-0457
- Abstract
- The purpose of this study was to combine a dual-Helmholtz (DH) transmit (Tx)-only coil and 12-channel receive (Rx)-only bended phased array (PA) coil to improve the magnetic flux (|B-1|) sensitivity in the superior-to-inferior (S-I) direction during human brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 7-T. The proposed coil combination was primarily implemented by electromagnetic (EM) simulation and compared with the 16-leg birdcage coil and 8-channel PA coil, which are generally used for the Tx- and Rx-only modes, respectively. The optimal coil combinations for the proposed structure were determined by |B-1| field calculations using the |B-T(+)| and |B-R(-)| fields, which are respectively the transmit and receive components of the |B-1| field. The coil performance was then evaluated by a bench test and 7-T MRI experiment. The results of the computational calculations indicated that the |B-T(+)| field of the DH coil was distributed similarly to that of the 16-leg birdcage coil despite the fewer conducting legs of the former. However, the 12-channel Rx-only bended PA coil had clearly higher |B-R(-)| profiles compared to the 8-channel PA coil. The results of the 7-T in vivo experiment showed that the proposed combination of the DH Tx-only coil and 12-channel Rx-only bended PA coil had better |B-1| field homogeneity in the sagittal slice as well as higher |B-1| field sensitivity during human brain MRI compared to an 8-channel Rx-only PA coil. SCANNING 38:515-524, (c) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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