J. Thomas Vaughan1, Brandon Tramm2, Scott Schillak2, Michael Garwood3, Michael Mullen4, Lance DelaBarre4, Djaudat Idiyatullin4, and Matt Waks4
1Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States, 2Virtumed, LLC, Minneapolis, MN, United States, 3University of Minnesota, Minneaoplis, MN, United States, 4University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
1Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States, 2Virtumed, LLC, Minneapolis, MN, United States, 3University of Minnesota, Minneaoplis, MN, United States, 4University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Compact, versatile, RF head coil for a new technology, head only, 1.5T MRI system. Coil can be configured for single or multi-channel operation, and for conventional transmit-receive or for simultaneous transmit-receive (STAR) operation. The coil demonstrated good coverage of whole-head.
Figure 2. Design drawing of eight-channel TEM transceiver head coil with key components labeled.
Figure 1. Head-only, 1.5T MRI system. Features include YBCO HTSC cryo plate cooled asymmetric magnet, multi-coil field encoding/shimming, 8-channel FPGA controller, non-uniform field imaging, and our eight-channel TR+STAR coil featured here.