Wireless, customizable coaxially shielded coils for magnetic resonance imaging.
Sci Adv
; 10(24): eadn5195, 2024 Jun 14.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-38865448
ABSTRACT
Anatomy-specific radio frequency receive coil arrays routinely adopted in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for signal acquisition are commonly burdened by their bulky, fixed, and rigid configurations, which may impose patient discomfort, bothersome positioning, and suboptimal sensitivity in certain situations. Herein, leveraging coaxial cables' inherent flexibility and electric field confining property, we present wireless, ultralightweight, coaxially shielded, passive detuning MRI coils achieving a signal-to-noise ratio comparable to or surpassing that of commercially available cutting-edge receive coil arrays with the potential for improved patient comfort, ease of implementation, and substantially reduced costs. The proposed coils demonstrate versatility by functioning both independently in form-fitting configurations, closely adapting to relatively small anatomical sites, and collectively by inductively coupling together as metamaterials, allowing for extension of the field of view of their coverage to encompass larger anatomical regions without compromising coil sensitivity. The wireless, coaxially shielded MRI coils reported herein pave the way toward next-generation MRI coils.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Wireless Technology
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Sci Adv
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Country of publication:
United States