期刊
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
卷 67, 期 8, 页码 2187-2193出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2019.2956682
关键词
Coils; Phantoms; Signal to noise ratio; Tuning; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radio frequency; Biomedical imaging; electromagnetic devices; flexible electronics; magnetic resonance imaging; radiofrequency coils; wearable sensors
资金
- National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health [R03EB026231]
- National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health [P30CA023168]
Objective: We propose a novel flexible and entirely stretchable radiofrequency coil for magnetic resonance imaging. This coil design aims at increasing patient comfort during imaging while maintaining or improving image quality. Methods: Conductive silver-coated thread was zigzag stitched onto stretchable athletic fabric to create a single-loop receive coil. The stitched coil was mounted in draped and stretched fashions and compared to a coil fabricated on flexible printed circuit board. Match/tune circuits, detuning circuits, and baluns were incorporated into the final setup for bench measurements and imaging on a 3T MR scanner. A fast spin echo sequence was used to obtain images for comparison. Results: The fabricated coil presents multi-directional stretchability and flexibility while maintaining conductivity and stitch integrity. SNR calculations show that this stretchable coil design is comparable to a flexible, standard PCB coil with a 13-30% decrease in SNR depending on stretch degree and direction. In vivo human wrist images were obtained using the stitched coil. Conclusion: Despite the reduction in SNR for this combination of materials, there is a reduced percentage of SNR drop as compared to existing stretch coil designs. These imaging results and calculations support further experimentation into more complex coil geometries. Significance: This coil is uniquely stretchable in all directions, allowing for joint imaging at various degrees of flexion, while offering the closest proximity of placement to the skin. The materials provide a similar level of comfort to athletic wear and could be incorporated into coils for a variety of anatomies.
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