Design of a volumetric cylindrical coil-tuned at 298 MHz for 7 T imaging.
Instrum Sci Technol
; 52(4): 433-455, 2024.
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ABSTRACT
The concept of a 2D cylindrical High Pass Ladder (2D c-HPL) is used in the development of this ultra high radio frequency (UHRF) volumetric head coil for 7T tuned at the Larmor frequency of 298 MHz. The architecture of the 2D c-HPL helps to overcome the challenges associated with non-uniform magnetic field distribution. The prototype consists of an individual resonating array of inductance-capacitance (LC) elements and each component is tuned to the precise f o frequency. The tuning of the (i) inductance, (ii) capacitance, (iii) mesh size, and (iv) coupling coefficient play critical roles to attain the desired Larmor frequency. For this proof-of-concept, the prototype of a volumetric head coil consists of a cylindrical array size of 4 ×6, with individual LC components of inductance magnitude, 98 nH and four fixed value capacitors and one tunable capacitor that allowed to achieve the desired precession frequency, f r = 298 M H z . The model was tested for three different f o values of 269 MHz, 275 MHz and 286 MHz. The mutual coupling and the eigenfrequencies were compared through bench testing and dispersion equation. The experimental data were in good agreement (< 5%) with the theoretical eigenfrequencies from the dispersion relation. The theoretical eigenfrequencies and the experimental eigenfrequencies are in good agreement for eigenmodes (1,2), (1,3), (2,2), (2,3) and (4,3).
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Instrum Sci Technol
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2024
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