Yong Pang1,
Bing Wu2, Xiaoliang Zhang2,3
1Radiology and Biomedical imaging,
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA , United States; 2Radiology
and Biomedical imaging, University of California San Francisco, San
Francisco, CA, United States; 3UCSF/UC Berkeley Joint Graduate
Group in Bioengineering, San Francisco & Berkeley, CA, United States
Power
deposition increases with the static magnetic field strength. In this work, a
microstrip array with tilted elements is built and the electric field E and
magnetic field B1+ are simulated using FDTD method. Their ratio E/B is used
to predict the power deposition for two type of different arrays: microstrip
array with regular elements and tilted elements. Results show that using the
tilted array, coil efficiency and decoupling between elements can be
increased. The reduction in E/B ratio indicates possible reduction in power
deposition.