Thick film YBCO receive coils for very low field MRI

Authors
Penn, SJ Alford, NM Bracanovic, D Esmail, AA Scott, V Button, TW
Citation
Sj. Penn et al., Thick film YBCO receive coils for very low field MRI, IEEE APPL S, 9(2), 1999, pp. 3070-3073
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON APPLIED SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
ISSN journal
10518223 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Part
3
Pages
3070 - 3073
Database
ISI
SICI code
1051-8223(199906)9:2<3070:TFYRCF>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Superconducting receive coils can be used to improve the signal to noise ra tio of a MRI system. The greatest improvement is seen in cases where it is the coil noise dominates the noise. This is the case for low field MRI wher e surface coils are used. The properties of large area (100 mm square) YBCO thick film coils designed for a compact very low field MRI system are repo rted. The properties are compared with copper and silver mimics.