Characterization of coupling in planar array coils with arbitrary element geometries

Steven M. Wright, Jay R. Porter, Jeffrey Boyer, James Bankson

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Abstract

A method is presented which rapidly characterizes the mutual impedance between elements in array coils for MR imaging as a function of offset distances between elements. These 'coupling surfaces' allow the designer to quickly determine the overlap distances which minimize coupling between array elements. The method allows arbitrary element geometries and a layered, planar media. Additionally, because the Green's functions and current distributions are stored in Fourier space, the transverse field distributions are easily obtained, allowing the weighting coefficients form image combination to be determined.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)570-571
Number of pages2
JournalAnnual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings
Volume16
Issue numberpt 1
StatePublished - 1994
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 16th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Part 1 (of 2) - Baltimore, MD, USA
Duration: Nov 3 1994Nov 6 1994

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Health Informatics

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