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The Coax Dipole: A fully flexible coaxial cable dipole antenna with flattened current distribution for body imaging at 7 Tesla.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The coax dipole antenna, a flexible antenna for body imaging at 7T is presented. Similar to the high impedance coil, this coaxial cable antenna is fed on the central conductor and through gaps in the shield, the current passes to the outside of the antenna to generate B₁ field. This could achieve more favorable current distributions and better adaptation to the body curvature.

Methods

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) simulations are performed to optimize the positions of the gaps in the shield for a flat current profile. Lumped inductors are added to each end to reduce losses. The performance of a single antenna is compared to a fractionated dipole using B₁ maps and MR thermometry. Finally, an array of eight coax dipoles is evaluated in simulations and used for in-vivo scanning.

Results

An optimal configuration is found with gaps located at 10 cm from the center and inductor values of 28 nH. In comparison to the fractionated dipole antenna, in single antenna phantom measurements the coax dipole achieves similar B₁ amplitude with 18% lower peak temperature. In simulations, the eight-channel array of coax dipoles improved B1 homogeneity by 18%, along with small improvements in transmit efficiency and specific absorption rate (SAR). MRI measurements on three volunteers show more consistent performance for the coax dipoles.

Conclusion

The coax dipole is a novel antenna design with a flattened current distribution resulting in beneficial properties. Also, the flexible design of the coax dipoles allows better adaptation to the body curvature and can potentially be used for a wide range of imaging targets.

SUBMITTER: van Leeuwen CC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9292881 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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