Abstract
The radio frequency (RF) coil is one of the key components of the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. It has a significant impact on the performance of the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) detection. Among numerous practical designs of RF coils for NMR imaging, the birdcage RF coil is the most popular choice from low field to ultra-high field MRI systems. In the transmission mode, it can establish a strong and homogeneous transverse magnetic field B1 for any element at its Larmor frequency. Similarly, in the reception mode, it exhibits extremely high sensitivity for the detection of even faint NMR signals from the volume of interest. Despite the sophisticated 3D structure of the birdcage coil, the developments in the design, analysis, and implementation technologies during the past decade have rendered the development of the birdcage coils quite reasonable. This article provides a detailed review of the recent progress in the birdcage RF coil technology for the MRI system.
Highlights
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging is considered to be the most advanced and comprehensive analysis technique in various research fields of modern science
A detailed literature review of the principle, functionality, design, analysis, implementation, and special types of the birdcage coil has been presented in this article
The main objective of this work was to elaborate the overall progress in all areas that are related to the birdcage coil engineering
Summary
Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging is considered to be the most advanced and comprehensive analysis technique in various research fields of modern science. The methods for using the NMR technique for medical imaging with some appropriate instrumentation, which is currently known as the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, for clinical use were demonstrated in the late 1970 s and early 1980 s [9,10,11,12]. MRI is a nonradiative and noninvasive procedure that is performed to obtain detailed information on the internal metabolism of the biological objects, such as human and animal, in the form of two-dimensional (2D) grayscale images. This feature has made MRI a preferable choice for medical imaging for the last three decades, even in the presence of some excellent medical imaging techniques, such as X-ray, ultrasonography, computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), etc
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