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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Spokane, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9562-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2011.5996639
