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A method for the optimization of the birdcage coil in MRI
| dc.creator | Spence, Dan Kenrick | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07T22:57:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-06-07T22:57:43Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1999 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-1999-THESIS-S685 | |
| dc.description | Due to the character of the original source materials and the nature of batch digitization, quality control issues may be present in this document. Please report any quality issues you encounter to digital@library.tamu.edu, referencing the URI of the item. | en |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-81). | en |
| dc.description | Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | In Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), a volume coil is omen used to uniformly illuminate the sample being imaged with radio-frequency (RF) energy and then to receive the resulting MR signal. The coil is expected to achieve a high signal to noise ratio (SNR), produce a uniform field, and be able to handle the power required during excitation. Each of these factors are affected by coil design parameters. The most important of these are sample radius, coil radius, shield radius, and sample loading. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the elect of these design parameters on coil SNR, coil homogeneity, and power handling, and to develop on optimization procedure as an aid in the design of coils for a specific application. This will be done by developing an accurate model of the birdcage coil which includes these parameters. This model will then be used to investigate the effects of changing these parameters on coil performance. Finally, an optimization procedure based on this model will be developed and used as an aid in the design of new coils for specific applications. | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Texas A&M University | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries in 2008. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.subject | electrical engineering. | en |
| dc.subject | Major electrical engineering. | en |
| dc.title | A method for the optimization of the birdcage coil in MRI | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | electrical engineering | en |
| thesis.degree.name | M.S. | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | en |
| dc.type.genre | thesis | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
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