Title :
Finite-Element Electromagnetic Simulation of a Volume Resonator Coil for MR Neuroimaging
Author :
Rojas, R. ; Rodríguez, A.O.
Author_Institution :
Centro de Investigacion en Imagenologia e Instrumentacion Medica, Univ. Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico City
Abstract :
The electromagnetic properties of a new volume resonator coil for MR neuroimaging are studied. This coil design is based on a resonator coil called PERES coil. A commercial software tool based on the finite-element method is used to compute the electric and magnetic fields for the quasi-static regime for a specific layout of two coils with 4 rectangular-shaped coils each. Computational experiments were done to calculate the optimal number of nodes and elements in the mesh. This commercial software tool allows us to clearly visualize the electromagnetic properties of the coil as a function of a particular configuration
Keywords :
biomedical MRI; biomedical equipment; brain; coils; mesh generation; neurophysiology; PERES coil; coil design; finite-element electromagnetic simulation; finite-element method; magnetic resonance neuroimaging; mesh; quasistatic regime; rectangular-shaped coils; volume resonator coil; Coils; Computational modeling; Electromagnetic fields; Finite element methods; Magnetic fields; Neuroimaging; Prototypes; Radio frequency; Software packages; Software tools;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2005. IEEE-EMBS 2005. 27th Annual International Conference of the
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8741-4
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2005.1616759
