Open AccessMagnetic resonance imaging with a multi-tunable metamaterial-inspired radiofrequency coil
Author(s) -
Viktor Puchnin,
Viacheslav Ivanov,
Mikhail V. Gulyaev,
Mikhail Zubkov
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/2015/1/012171
Subject(s) - radiofrequency coil , electromagnetic coil , imaging phantom , resonator , metamaterial , magnetic resonance imaging , radio frequency , nuclear magnetic resonance , antenna (radio) , materials science , resonance (particle physics) , physics , optics , optoelectronics , computer science , telecommunications , atomic physics , medicine , radiology , quantum mechanics
We present the initial experimental results obtained using a two-part receive/transmit (Rx/Tx) radiofrequency (RF) coil design for small animals magnetic resonance imaging at 7 T. The assembly uses a butterfly-type coil tuned to 300 MHz for scanning the 1 H nuclei and a non-resonant antenna with a metamaterial-inspired resonator tunable over wide frequency range for X-nuclei. 1 H, 31 P, 23 Na and 13 C are selected as test nuclei in this work. Coil simulations show the two parts of the RF-assembly to be efficiently operating at the required frequencies. Simulations and phantom imaging show sufficiently homogeneous transverse transmit RF fields and tuning capabilities for the pilot heteronuclear experiments.