Approaches to designing micro-solenoidal RF probes for 14 T MRI studies of millimeter-range sized objects
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2016
Department
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Abstract
Full-wave electromagnetic simulations have been employed to analyze the design approaches that allow for solving the problems preventing inductive performance of micro-solenoidal RF probes and formation of strong and homogeneous magnetic fields inside probes at the studies of millimeter-range sized objects in 14 T MRI scanners. In particular, the effects of non-uniform coil wrapping on field homogeneity inside extended coils and of partitioning the coils by dielectric separators on coil self-resonances have been investigated. The possibility to utilize tunable C-C matching circuits with the coils and to mitigate the effects of sample insertion on the probe resonance frequency has been demonstrated. Challenges of coil fabrication have been also addressed.
Publication Title
Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering
Recommended Citation
Seifi, B.,
Semouchkina, E.,
Lanagan, M.,
&
Neuberger, T.
(2016).
Approaches to designing micro-solenoidal RF probes for 14 T MRI studies of millimeter-range sized objects.
Concepts in Magnetic Resonance Part B: Magnetic Resonance Engineering,
46B(4), 178-185.
http://doi.org/10.1002/cmr.b.21349
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