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Theory of the quadrature elliptic birdcage coil

✍ Scribed by Mark C. Leifer

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 679 KB
Volume: 38
Category: Article
ISSN: 0740-3194
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.1910380508

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✦ Synopsis

This paper presents the theory of the quadrature birdcage coil wound on an elliptic cylindrical former. A conformal transformation of the ellipse to a circular geometry is used to derive the optimal sampling of the continuous surface current distribution to produce uniform magnetic fields within an elliptic cylinder. The analysis is rigorous for ellipses of any aspect ratio and shows how to produce quadrature operation of the elliptic birdcage with a conventional hybrid combiner. Insight gained from the transformation is also used to analyze field homogeneity, find the optimal RF shield shape, and specify component values to produce the correct current distribution in practice. Measurements and images from a 16-leg elliptic birdcage coil at both low and high frequencies show good quadrature performance, homogeneity, and sensitivity.

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