Abstract #2953

Design and Implementation of a Quadrature RF Volume Coil for in Vivo Brain Imaging of a Monkey in a Stereotaxic Device<

Colin A. Roopnariane¹, Patti A. Miller², Bu Sik Park², Lukas Ansel², Sukhoon Oh², Christopher Lieu³, Thyagarajan Subramanian³, Mohammed Reza Tofighi¹, Christopher M. Collins²

¹Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, Middletown, PA, USA; ²Radiology, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA; ³Neurology, The Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, USA

To facilitate in vivo brain imaging of a monkey placed in a stereotactic device, we designed and implemented a unique coil. The coil is a 2-coil array connected in quadrature with the first coil being a 2-turn solenoid and the second being a saddle coil. Numerical methods were used in coil design, and images acquired with the coil show excellent homogeneity and SNR throughout the monkey brain.