An adaptable MRI radiofrequency breast coil: Evaluation of size, coil diameter, and uniformity

Maillet, Donald, Ruehle, Anjuli, Reutens, David C. and Vegh, Viktor (2012) An adaptable MRI radiofrequency breast coil: Evaluation of size, coil diameter, and uniformity. Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering, 41B 2: 50-56.


Author Maillet, Donald
Ruehle, Anjuli
Reutens, David C.
Vegh, Viktor
Title An adaptable MRI radiofrequency breast coil: Evaluation of size, coil diameter, and uniformity
Journal name Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering  (ERA 2012 Listed)    (ERA 2010 Rank C)   Check publisher's open access policy
Publication date 2012-04
Sub-type Article
DOI 10.1002/cmr.b.21211
Volume number 41B
Issue number 2
ISSN 1552-5031
1552-504X
Start page 50
End page 56
Total pages 7
Place of publication Hoboken, NJ, United States
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Collection year 2013
Language eng
Abstract Three quadrature transmit/receive radiofrequency magnetic resonance imaging breast coils were designed and built. The coils are geometrically equivalent but were scaled for different breast sizes. The coils were tested using a 4-T Bruker/Siemens whole-body scanner. We used different coil sizes to establish whether it is necessary to match coil size to load size. Moreover, our work investigated how the coil configuration can be changed to improve signal uniformity in the acquired images. We found that improvements can be gained by carefully matching the coil to the sample. In addition, we propose a coil layout that allows images quality to be improved, as measured by the signal-to-noise ratio and field uniformity of the coil.
Keyword Radiofrequency coil
Quadrature
Breast imaging
Transmit/receive
Q-Index Code C1
Q-Index Status Confirmed Code
Institutional Status UQ

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