Superconducting 300 MHz Phased-Array for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Applications

Author

Wosik, J. ; Kamel, M.R. ; Xue, L. ; Xie, L.M. ; Nesteruk, K.

Author_Institution

Eng. Dept., Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX

Volume

1

fYear

2007

fDate

25-30 June 2007

Firstpage

152

Lastpage

152

Abstract

This article reports on the development of superconducting phased-arrays by presenting a 300-MHz high critical temperature superconductors (HTS) array for imaging small animals for functional MRI of a rat brain and for high resolution imaging of spine injuries. Two four-element arrays are designed according to the requirements imposed by cryogenics and superconductor epitaxial technology limitations, with one made of copper and the other with HTS epitaxial YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x thin films.

Keywords

barium compounds; biomedical MRI; biomedical equipment; bone; brain; copper; cryogenics; high-temperature superconductors; superconducting arrays; superconducting epitaxial layers; superconducting microwave devices; yttrium compounds; Cu; YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x; copper; cryogenics; epitaxial thin films; functional MRI; high critical temperature superconductors array; high resolution imaging; magnetic resonance imaging; rat brain; small animals; spine injuries; superconducting phased-arrays; superconductor epitaxial technology; Animals; Copper; Cryogenics; High temperature superconductors; High-resolution imaging; Injuries; Magnetic resonance imaging; Phased arrays; Superconducting epitaxial layers; Superconductivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Physics and Engineering of Microwaves, Millimeter and Submillimeter Waves and Workshop on Terahertz Technologies, 2007. MSMW '07. The Sixth International Kharkov Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kharkov

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1237-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MSMW.2007.4294594

Filename

4294594