Abstract #4298

Metamaterial Bore Liners as High-Field Body Transmit Coils: Advantages Over Standard Birdcage Coils

Navid Hosseini¹, Justin G. Pollock¹, Ashwin K. Iyer¹, and Nicola De Zanche^2,3

¹Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ³Medical Physics, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Simulations are presented of a negative-permittivity metamaterial bore liner designed to perform volume excitation at 200 MHz. The liner offers performance comparable to that of birdcage coils in terms of both field homogeneity, sensitivity and SAR, while allowing operation at frequencies beyond those where birdcage coils operate reliably.

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