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A Novel Wearable Rf Head Coil for High Resolution 7T Magnetic Resonance Imaging Publisher



Goodarzi P1 ; Gharakhili FG1 ; Saligheh Rad HR2 ; Nazem Zadeh MR3
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  1. 1. Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Tehran Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Iran
  3. 3. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Research Center for Science and Technology in Medicine, Tehran, Iran

Source: 14th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation# EuCAP 2020 Published:2020


Abstract

In this paper, a new structure of 7T magnetic resonance imaging RF coil has been designed and presented. The flexibility of this coil distinguishes it from others traditional coils. The mentioned array coil consists of 8-channels, each made of two antenna elements. The results show that using compressed elements in designing this coil provides a desired recursive factor (isolation better than 35dB), while coupling is kept less than 60dB between non-adjacent elements. In this report, the structure coupling effects include mutual effects of coil elements, resources, and phantom. The obtained results of the magnetic field homogeneity, bandwidth, and specific absorption rate are also evaluated. The results show that the bandwidth, the SAR for the 1w input power, and the B-{1}homogeneity distribution are 1.1%, 0.07969W/kg, and 84%, respectively. To present this coil for a brain imaging, elements miniaturization is done where the elements size has been decreased in design. © 2020 EurAAP.