New Approaches of Rf Coil and Gamma Ray Radiation Shielding Assembly for Spect/Mri System

SeungHoon Ha¹, Mark Jason Hamamura¹, Werner W. Roeck¹, Lutfi Tugan Muftuler¹, Orhan Nalcioglu¹

Several studies have reported on the design considerations of an MR compatible nuclear detector for combined SPECT/MRI. In this study, we proposed a new RF coil and -ray radiation shields assembly to retain the tremendous potential of SPECT/MRI to provide high sensitivity and specificity while minimizing the interference between the MRI and SPECT systems. The results demonstrated the new assembly is superoir to configuration of a conventioncal RF coil and -ray radiation shield.