Recent advances in radio‐frequency coil technologies: flexible, wireless, and integrated coil arrays

D Darnell, TK Truong, AW Song - Journal of Magnetic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Radio‐frequency (RF) coils are to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners what eyes
are to the human body. Because of their critical importance, there have been constant …

Making magnets more attractive: physics and engineering contributions to patient comfort in MRI

CL Brunnquell, MN Hoff, N Balu… - Topics in Magnetic …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Patient comfort is an important factor of a successful magnetic resonance (MR) examination,
and improvements in the patient's MR scanning experience can contribute to improved …

A flexible MRI coil based on a cable conductor and applied to knee imaging

B Wang, SS Siddiq, J Walczyk, M Bruno… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Flexible radiofrequency coils for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have garnered attention
in research and industrial communities because they provide improved accessibility and …

Dielectric properties of 3D-printed materials for anatomy specific 3D-printed MRI coils

B Behzadnezhad, BD Collick, N Behdad… - Journal of magnetic …, 2018 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing provides a low-cost and rapid means to translate 3D designs into the
construction of a prototype. For MRI, this type of manufacturing can be used to construct …

Evaluation of a flexible 12-channel screen-printed pediatric MRI coil

SA Winkler, J Corea, B Lechêne, K O'Brien… - Radiology, 2019 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Screen-printed MRI coil technology may reduce the need for bulky and heavy
housing of coil electronics and may provide a better fit to patient anatomy to improve coil …

Characterization and evaluation of a flexible MRI receive coil array for radiation therapy MR treatment planning using highly decoupled RF circuits

KP McGee, RS Stormont, SA Lindsay… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The growth in the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data for radiation therapy (RT)
treatment planning has been facilitated by scanner hardware and software advances that …

Conductive thread-based stretchable and flexible radiofrequency coils for magnetic resonance imaging

JM Vincent, JV Rispoli - IEEE Transactions on Biomedical …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: We propose a novel flexible and entirely stretchable radiofrequency coil for
magnetic resonance imaging. This coil design aims at increasing patient comfort during …

Twenty‐four–channel high‐impedance glove array for hand and wrist MRI at 3T

B Zhang, B Wang, J Ho, S Hodono… - Magnetic resonance …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To present a novel 3T 24‐channel glove array that enables hand and wrist imaging
in varying postures. Methods The glove array consists of an inner glove holding the …

[HTML][HTML] Deconstructing and reconstructing MRI hardware

T O'Reilly, A Webb - Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 2019 - Elsevier
Three topics concerning future hardware development for clinical MRI are discussed, with
the general theme of operational simplification:(i) Hardware changes intended to simplify …

Dual-Channel Stretchable, Self-Tuning, Liquid Metal Coils and Their Fabrication Techniques

E Motovilova, T Ching, J Vincent, J Shin, ET Tan… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Flexible and stretchable radiofrequency coils for magnetic resonance imaging represent an
emerging and rapidly growing field. The main advantage of such coil designs is their …