Proceedings of the Korean Society of Medical Physics Conference (한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집)

Korean Society of Medical Physics (한국의학물리학회)
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Development of TEM Coil for Animal Experiments at 3T MRI System

  • Chu, Myung-Ja (Departments of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Choe, Bo-Young (Departments of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Kim, Kyung-Nam (Medinus Co. LTD.) ;
  • Chung, Sung-Taek (Medinus Co. LTD.) ;
  • Oh, Chang-Hyun (Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea University) ;
  • Lee, Hyoung-Koo (Departments of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Suh, Tae-Suk (Departments of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • Published : 2002.09.01
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Abstract

A novel TEM resonator coil was developed for the imaging of small animals. The functional elements of the TEM resonator were 8 inner conductors, distributed in a cylindrical pattern and connected at the ends with capacitors to the cylindrical outer shield. The TEM resonator coil with cavity elements was robust to the surrounding influences due to the self-shielding structure. The TEM resonator coil with high Q factor could provide high quality MR images at 3.0T MRI system. Also, the TEM resonator coil has an advantage for a fine tune with length adjustment of each cavity elements. Thus, The TEM resonator coil at 3.0T, even higher field could be used in the research studies.

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