Experimental design and fabrication of birdcage resonators for magnetic resonance imaging
- 1 April 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
- Vol. 24 (2), 243-252
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mrm.1910240206
Abstract
Although the birdcage resonator has been theoretically described for single- and multinuclear operation, this study provides the basic experimental guidelines needed for the fabrication and testing of such coils for various geometries and resonant frequencies from 10 to 95 MHz. The correlation of coil dimensions and resonant frequencies with individual inductance elements, L1, and L2, is also shown. Experimentally derived algorithms are presented for the determination of the capacitance needed for low-pass resonators based on measurements of the coil's “global” inductance. Ten low-pass birdcage coils with eight legs were evaluated and their four resonant frequencies were within 4% of theoretical predictions. © 1992 Academic Press, Inc.Keywords
Funding Information
- NIH (1 R15 CA49929-01A1)
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