Chang-Hoon Choi1, Suk-Min Hong1, Jörg Felder1, Lutz Tellmann1, Jürgen Scheins1, Elena Rota Kops1, Christoph Lerche1, and N. Jon Shah1,2,3,4
1INM-4, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Juelich, Germany, 2JARA-BRAIN-Translational Medicine, Aachen, Germany, 3Department of Neurology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, 4INM-11, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Juelich, Germany
1INM-4, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Juelich, Germany, 2JARA-BRAIN-Translational Medicine, Aachen, Germany, 3Department of Neurology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, 4INM-11, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Juelich, Germany
This novel J-pole antenna array is a unique MRI RF probe with exceptionally low gamma attenuation, allowing simultaneous MR-PET and MR-SPECT experiments to be conducted without compromising any aspects of system performance and image quality compared to the stand-alone instrumentation.
Figure 1. A photograph of the proposed, multi-channel J-pole antenna array showing its essential parts and components.
Figure 3. Attenuation maps of the proposed J-pole array (left) and the reference array (right). The centre part of the antennas was measured.