Title :
High-Field Open MRI for Breast Cancer Screening
Author :
Sattarov, Akhdiyor ; McIntyre, Peter ; Motowidlo, Leszek
Author_Institution :
Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
The design of a 1.5-T superconducting magnet for open MRI for breast imaging is described. The homogeneous field region is designed to lie above the surface of the unit, so that it includes both breasts for a woman lying prone upon the surface. The magnet was designed using a novel approach to optimizing the field, and the coil structure utilizes a novel structured coil strategy that makes it possible to produce the patterns of current required in the design.
Keywords :
biological tissues; biomedical MRI; biomedical equipment; cancer; coils; mammography; optimisation; superconducting magnets; breast cancer screening; breast imaging; coil structure; current pattern requirement; field optimization; high-field open MRI; homogeneous field region design; magnetic flux density 1.5 T; structured coil strategy; superconducting magnet design; Breast; Coils; Magnetic noise; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic shielding; Superconducting magnets; Windings; Cancer; cancer; magnetic resonance imaging; medical diagnostic imaging; superconducting magnets;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TASC.2014.2377049
