An asymmetrical whole-body birdcage RF coil without RF shield for hyperpolarized 129 Xe lung MR imaging at 1.5 T.
Claudio PudduMadhwesha R RaoXiaojun XuMartin H DeppeGuilhem J CollierAdam M MaunderHo-Fung ChanNicola De ZancheFraser RobbJim M WildPublished in: Magnetic resonance in medicine (2021)
A large asymmetrical birdcage for homogenous B 1 + transmission with high sensitivity reception for 129 Xe lung MRI at 1.5 Tesla has been demonstrated. The unshielded asymmetrical birdcage design enables 1 H structural lung MR imaging in the same exam.