A novel radio frequency coil for veterinary magnetic resonance imaging system

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/19/7/076103

Abstract In this article, a novel designed radio frequency (RF) coil is designed and built for the imaging of puppies in a V-shape permanent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. Two sets of Helmholtz coil pairs with a V-shape structure are used to improve the holding of an animal in the coil. The homogeneity and the sensitivity of the RF field in the coil are analysed by theoretical calculation. The size and the shape of the new coil are optimized and validated by simulation through using the finite element method (FEM). Good magnetic resonance (MR) images are achieved on a shepherd dog.

Keywords: veterinary magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radio frequency (RF) coil homogeneity receiving sensitivity

Revised: 18 December 2009
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PACS:	87.61.Ff	(Instrumentation)
	02.70.Dh	(Finite-element and Galerkin methods)

Fund: Project supported by the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 001BA210A03).

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Meng Bin (孟斌), Huang Kai-Wen (黄开文), Wang Wei-Min (王为民) A novel radio frequency coil for veterinary magnetic resonance imaging system 2010 Chin. Phys. B 19 076103

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