Andrea N Sajewski1, Tales Santini1, Matthew Saich1, Tiago Martins1, and Tamer S Ibrahim1
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
A microstrip RF coil was designed
based on the Tic-Tac-Toe (TTT) concept. Simulations show similar B1+
distributions between the microstrip TTT and standard TTT coils, and experimental
data helps to validate the simulations.
Figure 3: Distribution of B1+ fields
over a spherical phantom, shown as flip angle (FA) per 500V input: a)
simulation of standard TTT panel, b) simulation of microstrip TTT panel, c)
experimental B1+ map of microstrip TTT panel. Dashed
lines in (a, b) show central slices used in Figure 4.
Figure 1: a) standard Tic-Tac-Toe (TTT) panel, b) microstrip
TTT panel, both 4.25in x 4.25in
