Focused, eight-element transceive phased array coil for parallel magnetic resonance imaging of the chest—Theoretical considerations
✍ Scribed by Bing Keong Li; Feng Liu; Stuart Crozier
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 720 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0740-3194
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
A new transceive system for chest imaging for MRI applications is presented. A focused, eight‐element transceive torso phased array coil is designed to investigate transmitting a focused radiofrequency field deep within the torso and to enhance signal homogeneity in the heart region. The system is used in conjunction with the SENSE reconstruction technique to enable focused parallel imaging. A hybrid finite‐difference‐time‐domain/method‐of‐moments method is used to accurately predict the radiofrequency behavior inside the human torso. The simulation results reported herein demonstrate the feasibility of the design concept, which shows that radiofrequency field focusing with SENSE reconstruction is theoretically achievable. Magn Reson Med 53:1251–1257, 2005. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.