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ArticleHardwareX2025

Printed, dual-loop magnetic field sniffer probe for bench measurements on radio frequency MRI coils.

Giulio Giovannetti, Nicola De Zanche

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Article in HardwareX, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Giulio GiovannettiInstitute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council (CNR-IFC), Pisa, Italy.
Nicola De ZancheDepartment of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work describes an open-source design for decoupled dual-loop radio frequency (RF) probes which are common tools in the RF lab. In magnetic resonance (MR) applications dual-loop probes are used to measure the tuning frequency and quality factor of RF coils and associated electronics. Traditional dual-loop probes, however, are delicate and not readily available commercially because they are made using semi-rigid or hand-formable coaxial cable, and they require skill and experience to build well. Our dual-loop probe design is tough, reliable, and can be mass-produced inexpensively, thus allowing new and established labs to obtain these probes with minimal effort. We used two overlapped shielded loops fabricated with multilayer printed circuit board technology. Design files are published under an open-hardware license. The printed probe achieves the required levels of durability and high isolation (better than 50 dB up to 500 MHz) which are equivalent to those achieved with traditional probes, and much more resistant to degradation.

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Decoupled inductorsMagnetic resonance imagingPrinted circuit boardRadio frequency measurementsRF coilsSniffer probeVector network analyzer

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PMID40520489
PMCPMC12167044

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