Title :
Design and implementation of a quadrature RF volume coil for in-vivo MR brain imaging of rhesus macaque monkey in a stereotaxic head frame
Author :
Roopnariane, Colin A. ; Miller, Patti A. ; Park, Bu Sik ; Ansel, Lukas ; Oh, Sukhoon ; Lieu, Christopher ; Subramanian, Thyagarajan ; Tofighi, Mohammad-Reza ; Collins, Christopher M.
Author_Institution :
Capital Coll., Pennsylvania State Univ., Middletown, PA, USA
Abstract :
We describe the design and implementation of a unique coil for in-vivo rhesus macaque brain imaging in a stereotaxic device. The RF volume coil consists of a 2 turn solenoid and a saddle coil configured and fed in quadrature. Finite difference time domain method was used to design the coil. Images acquired show excellent homogeneity and SNR throughout the monkey´s brain.
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; brain; coils; finite difference time-domain analysis; finite difference time domain method; in vivo MR brain imaging; quadrature RF volume coil; rhesus macaque monkey; stereotaxic device; stereotaxic head frame; Brain modeling; Coils; Educational institutions; Finite difference methods; Hydrogen; Magnetic fields; Magnetic heads; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radio frequency; Time domain analysis; Brain imaging; FDTD simulation; magnetic resonance imaging; quadrature coil;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2009. MTT '09. IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2803-8
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165975
