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ArticleIEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering2015

A novel method to decrease electric field and SAR using an external high dielectric sleeve at 3 T head MRI: numerical and experimental results.

Bu S Park, Sunder S Rajan, Joshua W Guag, Leonardo M Angelone

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Article in IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Bu S Park
Sunder S Rajan
Joshua W Guag
Leonardo M Angelone

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Intramural FDA HHS FD999999
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Abstract

Materials with high dielectric constant (HDC) have been used in high field MRI to decrease specific absorption rate (SAR), increase magnetic field intensity, and increase signal-to-noise ratio. In previous studies, the HDC materials were placed inside the RF coil decreasing the space available. This study describes an alternative approach that considers an HDC-based sleeve placed outside the RF coil. The effects of an HDC on the electromagnetic (EM) field were studied using numerical simulations with a coil unloaded and loaded with a human head model. In addition, experimental EM measurements at 128 MHz were performed inside a custom-made head coil, fitted with a distilled water sleeve. The numerical simulations showed up to 40% decrease in maximum 10 g-avg. SAR on the surface of the head model with an HDC material of barium titanate. Experimental measurements also showed up to 20% decrease of maximum electric field using an HDC material of distilled water. The proposed method can be incorporated in the design of high field transmit RF coils.

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Electromagnetic FieldsBarium CompoundsComputer SimulationHeadHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedMagnetic Resonance ImagingSignal-To-Noise RatioTitaniumBarium Compoundsbarium titanate(IV)Titanium

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PMID25347873
PMCPMC5823506

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