A Review on the RF Coil Designs and Trends for Ultra High Field Magnetic Resonance ImagingA Review on the RF Coil Designs and Trends for Ultra High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Other Titles
- A Review on the RF Coil Designs and Trends for Ultra High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Authors
- Daniel Hernandez; 김경남
- Issue Date
- Sep-2020
- Publisher
- 대한자기공명의과학회
- Keywords
- Radiofrequency coil; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic flux density; Homogeneity
- Citation
- Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging, v.24, no.3, pp.95 - 122
- Journal Title
- Investigative Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Volume
- 24
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 95
- End Page
- 122
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/78345
- ISSN
- 2384-1095
- Abstract
- In this article, we evaluated the performance of radiofrequency (RF) coils in terms of the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) and homogeneity of magnetic resonance images when used for ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) 7T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Highquality MRI can be obtained when these two basic requirements are met. However, because of the dielectric effect, 7T magnetic resonance imaging still produces essentially a non-uniform magnetic flux (|B1|) density distribution. In general, heterogeneous and homogeneous RF coils may be designed using electromagnetic (EM) modeling. Heterogeneous coils, which are surface coils, are used in consideration of scalability in the |B1| region with a high S/N as multichannel loop coils rather than selecting a single loop. Loop coils are considered state of the art for their simplicity yet effective |B1|-field distribution and intensity. In addition, combining multiple loop coils allows phase arrays (PA). PA coils have gained great interest for use in receiving signals because of parallel imaging (PI) techniques, such as sensitivity encoding (SENSE) and generalized autocalibrating partial parallel acquisition (GRAPPA), which drastically reduce the acquisition time. With the introduction of a parallel transmit coil (pTx) system, a form of transceiver loop arrays has also been proposed. In this article, we discussed the applications and proposed designs of loop coils. RF homogeneous coils for volume imaging include Alderman-Grant resonators, birdcage coils, saddle coils, traveling wave coils, transmission line arrays, composite right-/left-handed arrays, and fusion coils. In this article, we also discussed the basic operation, design, and applications of these coils.
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