Title :
A Standing Micro Coil for a High Resolution MRI
Author :
Dohi, T. ; Kuwana, K. ; Matsumoto, K. ; Shimoyama, I.
Author_Institution :
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPAN. Tel: +81-3-5841-6318; E-mail: dohi@leopard.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Abstract :
This paper reports on a standing micro coil as a receiver for a high resolution MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging). A standing micro coil was fabricated by post release folding process. Our coil standing in free space had uniform sensitive area and high sensitivity. We demonstrated that a 12×12×1000 ¿m3 resolution image of pine needles was taken by using the standing micro coil.
Keywords :
Coils; Frequency; Image resolution; Magnetic resonance imaging; Micromachining; Resists; Signal resolution; Signal to noise ratio; Space technology; Wiring; MRI; folding process; high resolution; standing micro coil;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference, 2007. TRANSDUCERS 2007. International
Conference_Location :
Lyon, France
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0842-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0842-3
DOI :
10.1109/SENSOR.2007.4300380
