The SNR performances of a three- and a four-element matching circuit topologies are compared for the case of 3 T 13C imaging. The benefit to SNR of cryogenic cooling is also compared against the choice of matching networks. Results show that while cryogenic cooling can improve the output SNR by 2–3 dB, a less lossy matching network design can improve the SNR performance by 7–8 dB. The importance of matching network design ought not to be dismissed.
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