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Title: Coil Array Design Inspired on the Kepler's Lenten Pretzel

Abstract

The RF coil arrays are an important part in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, since they are the main device for transmission and reception of the magnetic resonance signal. An RF coil array with a new configuration based on the Kepler's Lenten pretzel for the geocentric path of Mars is proposed in this work. The evenly distributed trajectories may serve as the basic configuration to form a coil array to adequately cover a region of interest for magnetic resonance experiments. The main goal is to investigate the electromagnetic properties of this coil array geometry to obtain an optimal design for its further construction. Hence, the electromagnetic properties of the coil array were numerical simulated using the finite element method and the quasi-static approach. Resulting simulations showed that there is an important concentration of magnetic field lines at the centre of the coil array. This is an advantage over other coil arrays where the magnetic field usually decreased at their geometrical centre. Both the electric and magnetic fields had also a very good uniformity. These characteristics made this coil design a good candidate for applications where the use of multi-coil technology is mandatory.

Authors:
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  1. Centro de Investigacion e Instrumentacion e Imagenologia Medica, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Mexico, DF 09340 (Mexico)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21149258
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1032; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: 10. Mexican symposium on medical physics, Mexico City (Mexico), 17-19 Mar 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2979255; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DESIGN; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNET COILS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NMR IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; SIGNALS

Citation Formats

Vazquez, F, Solis, S E, and Rodriguez, A O. Coil Array Design Inspired on the Kepler's Lenten Pretzel. United States: N. p., 2008. Web. doi:10.1063/1.2979255.
Vazquez, F, Solis, S E, & Rodriguez, A O. Coil Array Design Inspired on the Kepler's Lenten Pretzel. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2979255
Vazquez, F, Solis, S E, and Rodriguez, A O. 2008. "Coil Array Design Inspired on the Kepler's Lenten Pretzel". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2979255.
@article{osti_21149258,
title = {Coil Array Design Inspired on the Kepler's Lenten Pretzel},
author = {Vazquez, F and Solis, S E and Rodriguez, A O},
abstractNote = {The RF coil arrays are an important part in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, since they are the main device for transmission and reception of the magnetic resonance signal. An RF coil array with a new configuration based on the Kepler's Lenten pretzel for the geocentric path of Mars is proposed in this work. The evenly distributed trajectories may serve as the basic configuration to form a coil array to adequately cover a region of interest for magnetic resonance experiments. The main goal is to investigate the electromagnetic properties of this coil array geometry to obtain an optimal design for its further construction. Hence, the electromagnetic properties of the coil array were numerical simulated using the finite element method and the quasi-static approach. Resulting simulations showed that there is an important concentration of magnetic field lines at the centre of the coil array. This is an advantage over other coil arrays where the magnetic field usually decreased at their geometrical centre. Both the electric and magnetic fields had also a very good uniformity. These characteristics made this coil design a good candidate for applications where the use of multi-coil technology is mandatory.},
doi = {10.1063/1.2979255},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21149258}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = 1,
volume = 1032,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 EDT 2008},
month = {Mon Aug 11 00:00:00 EDT 2008}
}