• DocumentCode
    1780837
  • Title

    Challenging the lumped birdcage coil model for high-field MRI

  • Author

    Puddu, Claudio ; Fanti, A. ; Curreli, Nicola ; Mazzarella, G.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    10-11 Nov. 2014
  • Firstpage
    308
  • Lastpage
    311
  • Abstract
    An evaluation of the present approach to the design of birdcage RF coils for RMI, based on periodic lumped circuit, has been performed. It appears that, for coils bigger than λ/6, a more accurate model is required, to reduce the trial-and-error tuning of the coil.
  • Keywords
    magnetic resonance imaging; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; RMI; high-field MRI; lumped birdcage coil model; periodic lumped circuit; trial-and-error tuning; Coils; Conductors; Inductance; Integrated circuit modeling; Magnetic fields; Magnetic resonance imaging; Resonant frequency; Birdcage Coil Model; Birdcage RF coils; MRI;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2014 Loughborough
  • Conference_Location
    Loughborough
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LAPC.2014.6996383
  • Filename
    6996383
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1780837