Thick film YBCO receive coils for very low field MRI

被引:17
作者
Penn, SJ [1 ]
Alford, NM
Bracanovic, D
Esmail, AA
Scott, V
Button, TW
机构
[1] S Bank Univ, London SE1 0AA, England
[2] SMIS Ltd, Guildford, Surrey, England
[3] Univ Birmingham, Birmingham, W Midlands, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
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10.1109/77.783677
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Superconducting receive coils can be used to improve the signal to noise ratio of a MRI system. The greatest improvement is seen in cases where it is the coil noise dominates the noise. This is the case for low field MRI where surface coils are used. The properties of large area (100 mm square) YBCO thick film coils designed for a compact very low field MRI system are reported. The properties are compared with copper and silver mimics.
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页码:3070 / 3073
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