A new RF transmit coil for foot and ankle imaging at 7T MRI

A four-channel Tic-Tac-Toe (TTT) transmit RF coil was designed and constructed for foot and ankle imaging at 7T MRI. Numerical simulations using an in-house developed FDTD package and experimental analyses using a homogenous phantom show an excellent agreement in terms of B1+ field distribution and s-parameters. Simulations performed on an anatomically detailed human lower leg model demonstrated an B1+ field distribution with a coefficient of variation (CV) of 23.9%/15.6%/28.8% and average B1+ of 0.33 μT/0.56μT/0.43μT for 1W input power (i.e., 0.25W per channel) in the ankle/calcaneus/mid foot respectively.

Source: Magnetic Resonance Imaging - September 8, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Tales Santini, Junghwan Kim, Sossena Wood, Narayanan Krishnamurthy, Nadim Farhat, Carlos Maciel, Shailesh Raval, Tiejun Zhao, Tamer Ibrahim Tags: Original contribution Source Type: research