ASSESSMENT OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MRI COILS IN TERMS OF RF NON-HOMOGENEITY USING ROUTINE SPIN ECHO SEQUENCES

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OGHABIAN M.A.; MAHDIPOUR SH.; RIYAHI ALAM N.; RAFIEI BEHROUZ; GHANAATI H.

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Journal: Iranian Journal of Medical Physics Year:2005 | Volume:2 | Issue:8 Page(s): 61-65

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ASSESSMENT OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MRI COILS IN TERMS OF RF NON-HOMOGENEITY USING ROUTINE SPIN ECHO SEQUENCES

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Introduction: One of the major causes of image non-uniformity in MRI is due to the existence of non-homogeneity in RF receive and transmit. This can be the most effective source of error in quantitative studies in MRI imaging. Part of this non-homogeneity demonstrates the characteristics of RF coil and part of it is due to the interaction of RF field with the material being imaged. In this study, RF field non-homogeneity of surface and volume coils is measured using an oil phantom. The method employed in this work is based on a routine Spin Echo based sequence as proposed by this group previously.Materials and Methods: For the determination of RF non-uniformity, a method based on Spin Echo sequence (8-180) was used as reported previously by the same author. In this method, several images were obtained from one slice using different flip angles while keeping all other imaging parameters constant. Then, signal intensity at a ROI from all of these images were measured and fitted to the MRI defined mathematical model. Since this mathematical model describes the relation between signal intensity and flip angle in a (8-180) Spin Echo sequence, it is possible to obtain the variation in receive and transmit sensitivity in terms of the variation of signal intensity from the actual expected values. Since surface coils are functioning as only receiver (RF transmission is done by Body coil), first the results of receive coil homogeneity is measured, then characteristic of transmit coil (for the body coil) is evaluated.Results: The coefficient of variation (C.V.) found for T(r) value obtained from images using head coils was in the order of 0.6%. Since the head coil is functioning as both transmitter and receiver, any non-uniformity in either transmit or receive stage can lead to non-homogeneity in RF field. A part from the surface coils, the amount of non-homogeneity due to receive coil was less than that of the transmit coil. In the case of the surface coils the variation in receive homogeneity measurement was high due to inherent sensitivity of the coil in different locations, which was as expected.Discussion and Conclusion: Since the RF interaction of RF field is very low in oil phantom, the variation shown in the T(r) is due to BI non-homogeneity of coil system. Since the head coil is functioning as both transmitter and receiver, any non-uniformity in either transmit or receive stage could lead to non-homogeneity of RF field.

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OGHABIAN, M.A., MAHDIPOUR, SH., RIYAHI ALAM, N., RAFIEI, BEHROUZ, & GHANAATI, H.. (2005). ASSESSMENT OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MRI COILS IN TERMS OF RF NON-HOMOGENEITY USING ROUTINE SPIN ECHO SEQUENCES. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS, 2(8), 61-65. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/96964/en

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OGHABIAN M.A., MAHDIPOUR SH., RIYAHI ALAM N., RAFIEI BEHROUZ, GHANAATI H.. ASSESSMENT OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MRI COILS IN TERMS OF RF NON-HOMOGENEITY USING ROUTINE SPIN ECHO SEQUENCES. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS[Internet]. 2005;2(8):61-65. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/96964/en

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M.A. OGHABIAN, SH. MAHDIPOUR, N. RIYAHI ALAM, BEHROUZ RAFIEI, and H. GHANAATI, “ASSESSMENT OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF MRI COILS IN TERMS OF RF NON-HOMOGENEITY USING ROUTINE SPIN ECHO SEQUENCES,” IRANIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS, vol. 2, no. 8, pp. 61–65, 2005, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/96964/en

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