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A broad tuneable birdcage coil for mouse 1H/19F MR applications

VÍT, M.; BURIAN, M.; BERKOVÁ, Z.; LÁČÍK, J.; SEDLÁČEK, O.; HOOGENBOOM, R.; RAIDA, Z.; JIRÁK, D. A broad tuneable birdcage coil for mouse 1H/19F MR applications. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE, 2021, vol. 329, no. 1, p. 1-10. ISSN: 1090-7807.
Type
journal article
Language
English
Authors
Vít Martin
Burian Martin
Berková Zuzana
Láčík Jaroslav, doc. Ing., Ph.D., FEECDO SO (FEEC), UREL (FEEC)
Sedláček Ondřej
Hoogenboom Riochard
Raida Zbyněk, prof. Dr. Ing., UREL (FEEC)
Jirák Daniel, doc. Ing., Ph.D.
Abstract

In this paper, we present the design and implementation of a 1H/19F volume coil for mouse body magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and spectroscopy using a high magnetic field (4.7 T). By changing the geometry of the coil rungs to include both nuclei for MR experiments, this innovative coil can be tuned over an extremely wide range of frequency. The coil, 45 mm in diameter and 55 mm in length, consists of a 12-rung birdcage-like structure. Using two types of tuning, the coil can generate a sufficiently homogeneous B1+ electromagnetic field within a working volume optimized for laboratory mouse. The first tuning involves changing the resonance frequency over a large frequency range. The electrical capacitance between the wires can be adjusted to reflect changes in the length of the coil. The second tuning comprises a habitual tuning transformer for precise detection in a narrow band. In contrast to widely used multinuclear coils, the coil presented here features only one resonance peak and can be manipulated according to the Larmor frequencies given for 1H and 19F. The coil was successfully tested using full-wave simulations of magnetic and electric field distributions under in vivo MR conditions.

Keywords

Molecular imagingSmall animalsMagnetic resonance imagingBirdcage coil1H/19F4.7 TRadiofrequency coil

URL
Published
2021
Pages
1–10
Journal
JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE, vol. 329, no. 1, ISSN 1090-7807
Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI
10.1016/j.jmr.2021.107023
UT WoS
000677682100007
EID Scopus
2-s2.0-85107919882
BibTeX 
@article{BUT172861,
  author="Martin {Vít} and Martin {Burian} and Zuzana {Berková} and Jaroslav {Láčík} and Ondřej {Sedláček} and Riochard {Hoogenboom} and Zbyněk {Raida} and Daniel {Jirák}",
  title="A broad tuneable birdcage coil for mouse 1H/19F MR applications",
  journal="JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE",
  year="2021",
  volume="329",
  number="1",
  pages="1--10",
  doi="10.1016/j.jmr.2021.107023",
  issn="1090-7807",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090780721001129"
}
Departments
Department of Radio Electronics (UREL)
Institut klinické a experimentální medicíny (IKEM)
Přírodovědecká fakulta (PřF UK)
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