Common-Mode Differential-Mode (CMDM) Method for Double-Nuclear MR Signal Excitation and Reception at Ultrahigh Fields

• Published in: IEEE transactions on medical imaging Vol. 30; no. 11; pp. 1965 - 1973
• Main Authors: Yong Pang, Xiaoliang Zhang, Zhentian Xie, Chunsheng Wang, Vigneron, D. B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.11.2011; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: common-mode differential-mode (CMDM); Double-tuned coil; Electromagnetic Fields; Equipment Design; Finite difference methods; high field; In vivo; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Magnetic Resonance Imaging - instrumentation; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy - instrumentation; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy - methods; Microstrip; Normal Distribution; parallel imaging transceiver array; Phantoms, Imaging; Radio frequency; Resonant frequency; Studies; Time domain analysis

Double-tuned radio-frequency (RF) coils for heteronuclear mangentic resonance (MR) require sufficient electromagnetic isolation between the two resonators operating at two Larmor frequencies and independent tuning in order to attain highly efficient signal acquisition at each frequency. In this work...