• DocumentCode
    2936575
  • Title

    RF coil arrays for MRI applications

  • Author

    Mak, Chi-Lun ; Lau, Wan-Ming ; Rowell, Corbett Ray

  • Author_Institution
    Bio-Med. Electron. Team, Hong Kong Appl. Sci. & Technol. Res. Inst., Co. Ltd. (ASTRI), Shatin, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    3-8 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    1719
  • Lastpage
    1722
  • Abstract
    The paper studies several in-house designed RF coil arrays for Low Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Applications. Those planar arrays, operating at around 12.5 MHz, are employed in a low-cost lost-field, 0.3 Tesla, MRI system. Scanned image will be shown.
  • Keywords
    magnetic resonance imaging; planar antenna arrays; RF coil arrays; low field magnetic resonance imaging; magnetic flux density 0.3 tesla; planar arrays; scanned image; Capacitors; Coils; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mutual coupling; Q factor; Radio frequency; Resonant frequency; Low Field MRI; RF coils; mutual coupling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Spokane, WA
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-9562-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2011.5996639
  • Filename
    5996639