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Polarization of the RF field in a human head at high field: A study with a quadrature surface coil at 7.0 T

✍ Scribed by Jinghua Wang; Qing X. Yang; Xiaoliang Zhang; Christopher M. Collins; Michael B. Smith; Xiao-Hong Zhu; Gregor Adriany; Kamil Ugurbil; Wei Chen

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 897 KB
Volume: 48
Category: Article
ISSN: 0740-3194
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.10197

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✦ Synopsis

The RF field intensity distribution in the human brain becomes inhomogeneous due to wave behavior at high field. This is further complicated by the spatial distribution of RF field polarization that must be considered to predict image intensity distribution. An additional layer of complexity is involved when a quadrature coil is used for transmission and reception. To study such complicated RF field behavior, a computer modeling method was employed to investigate the RF field of a quadrature surface coil at 300 MHz. Theoretical and experimental results for a phantom and the human head at 7.0 T are presented. The results are theoretically important and practically useful for high-field quadrature coil design and application.

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