A radiofrequency coil to facilitate B1+ shimming and parallel imaging acceleration in three dimensions at 7 T

被引:37
作者
Gilbert, Kyle M. [1 ]
Curtis, Andrew T. [1 ,2 ]
Gati, Joseph S. [1 ]
Klassen, L. Martyn [1 ]
Menon, Ravi S. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Western Ontario, Robarts Res Inst, London, ON N6A 5K8, Canada
[2] Univ Western Ontario, Dept Med Biophys, London, ON N6A 5K8, Canada
基金
加拿大健康研究院;
关键词
MRI; radiofrequency coil; transceive; RF shimming; decoupling; parallel imaging; transmit array; PHASED-ARRAY; SURFACE COIL; HUMAN BRAIN; TRANSCEIVER ARRAYS; STEADY-STATE; HUMAN HEAD; TRANSMIT; FIELD; MRI; DESIGN;
D O I
10.1002/nbm.1627
中图分类号
Q6 [生物物理学];
学科分类号
071011 ;
摘要
A 15-channel transmit-receive (transceive) radiofrequency (RF) coil was developed to image the human brain at 7 T. A hybrid decoupling scheme was implemented that used both capacitive decoupling and the partial geometric overlapping of adjacent coil elements. The decoupling scheme allowed coil elements to be arrayed along all three Cartesian axes; this facilitated shimming of the transmit field, B-1(+), and parallel imaging acceleration along the longitudinal direction in addition to the standard transverse directions. Each channel was independently controlled during imaging using a 16-channel console and a 16 X 1-kW RF amplifier-matrix. The mean isolation between all combinations of coil elements was 18 +/- 7 dB. After B-1(+) shimming, the standard deviation of the transmit field uniformity was 11% in an axial plane and 32% over the entire brain superior to the mid-cerebellum. Transmit uniformity was sufficient to acquire fast spin echo images of this region of the brain with a single B-1(+) shim solution. Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) maps showed higher SNR in the periphery vs center of the brain, and higher SNR in the occipital and temporal lobes vs the frontal lobe. Parallel imaging acceleration in a rostral-caudal oblique plane was demonstrated. The implication of the number of channels in a transmit-receive coil was discussed: it was determined that improvements in SNR and B-1(+) shimming can be expected when using more than 15 independently controlled transmit-receive channels. Copyright (C) 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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页码:815 / 823
页数:9
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